New Jersey resident arrested for piracy

There are things in life that will never go away and will hold true even after the day we die. You don’t believe us? Pop tarts will always be sweet. Government officials will always take advantage of its people. Paris Hil Piracy. While the first few are sad, hard drawn facts, the last one on the other hand is full of gray areas.

At any rate, it seems that government is hell bent to end this problem once and for all. Just like the other day, for instance, New Jersey authorities raided the home of Newark resident Derek Ramirez and the latter was arrested under New Jersey’s Anti-Piracy act. Accordingly, Ramirez has been making copies of Xbox 360 games.

According to one representative for the Essex, New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office, the Entertainment Software Association had been trying to track Ramirez for some time now. The official added that their operation started early last November, with them conducting undercover purchase of the said pirated software.

Furthermore, the officials had seized a couple of Ramirez’s belongings including DVD burners, computer towers, modded Xbox 360 systems, and several hundred pirated games. Aside from selling and pirating games, the 24-year old Ramirez is also accused of placing online ads offering to modify Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games.

If the allegations are proven to be correct, the suspect will face up to five years in prison and will need to pay “substantial fines.” Currently, Ramirez’s hard drive is being kept as an evidence. The official, lastly, wouldn’t divulge any information regarding the estimated street value of the pirated goods.

Via Next-Gen

There are things in life that will never go away and will hold true even after the day we die. You don’t believe us? Pop tarts will always be sweet. Government officials will always take advantage of its people. Paris Hil Piracy. While the first few are sad, hard drawn facts, the last one on the other hand is full of gray areas.

At any rate, it seems that government is hell bent to end this problem once and for all. Just like the other day, for instance, New Jersey authorities raided the home of Newark resident Derek Ramirez and the latter was arrested under New Jersey’s Anti-Piracy act. Accordingly, Ramirez has been making copies of Xbox 360 games.

According to one representative for the Essex, New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office, the Entertainment Software Association had been trying to track Ramirez for some time now. The official added that their operation started early last November, with them conducting undercover purchase of the said pirated software.

Furthermore, the officials had seized a couple of Ramirez’s belongings including DVD burners, computer towers, modded Xbox 360 systems, and several hundred pirated games. Aside from selling and pirating games, the 24-year old Ramirez is also accused of placing online ads offering to modify Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games.

If the allegations are proven to be correct, the suspect will face up to five years in prison and will need to pay “substantial fines.” Currently, Ramirez’s hard drive is being kept as an evidence. The official, lastly, wouldn’t divulge any information regarding the estimated street value of the pirated goods.

Via Next-Gen