BBC NEWS | Technology | Film file-sharer sent to prisonA Hong Kong man has been jailed for three months for film piracy after he shared movie files over the internet.
The authorities say he is the first person in the world to be prosecuted for passing on files using a popular file-sharing program called BitTorrent.
It makes the sharing of material easy by breaking a file up into fragments and then distributing them.
The film industry says it hopes the sentence handed down to Chan Nai-ming will prove a deterrent to others.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4413540.stm
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