Suspended sentences and community service for 3 Australian studen...
Suspended sentences and community service for 3 Australian students was the outcome of that country’s first criminal trial for online music piracy. Charles Kok Hau Ng, 20, and Peter Tran, 19, entered guilty pleas to charges by the Australian…
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music industry that they operated a music-swapping site called MPW3/WMA Land. Although the service charged no fees, some 390 CDs and 1,800 tracks were available for free download. Despite the plaintiffs’ assertion of multimillion-dollar losses and their attempt to block the defendants’ plea bargain, the court suspended 18-month jail terms for the students, Australian news sources reported. A 3rd defendant, Tommy Le, 21, received a sentence of 200 community-service hours for uploading 4 song compilations to the site.