The following is a list of criminal statutes that protect intellectual property rights. He did this by posting copies of parts of the film on various web sites so others could download copies of the film from the Internet. He also encouraged others to download copies of the film from those sites. The defendants allegedly conspired to infringe the copyright of more than 5,000 computer software programs.
Restitution is mandatory.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 3, 2000. Jeffrey Levy, a 22 year old University of Oregon senior, pled guilty to illegally posting computer software programs, musical recordings, entertainment software programs, and digitally-recorded movies on his Internet web site, allowing the general public to download these copyrighted products. The NET Act provides for enhanced protection of copyrights and trademarks by amending provisions in titles 17 and 18 of the U.S. Code. Most notably, the NET Act permits federal prosecution of large-scale, willful copyright infringement even where the infringer does not act for a commercial purpose or for private financial gain. Full text of the NET Act Computers are changing the way that copyrighted goods are being illegally copied and distributed, creating new challenges for copyright owners and for law enforcement.