The largest director of CD and software in the United States

The two men have just been formally convicted in the biggest pirated copying of music and software in US history .

Ye Teng Wen and Hao He, both 30 years old and living in Union City, California, have been charged with five counts of piracy and piracy over 200,000 pirated CDs, mostly Latin music.

Ye and Hao, along with a third person, Yaobin Zhai, 33, were arrested in October last year. In addition to music CDs, the three also "produced" and marketed both computer security software discs from Symantec and Adobe Systems' Photoshop program.

According to the police, this is the largest pirated CD copy ever discovered in American soil. " The amount of copyright pirated people can reach hundreds of millions of dollars each year, " said an investigator.

He said the authorities seized nearly 500,000 pirated CDs and 5500 genuine goods stamps. Many discs even have their own anti-piracy labels . FBI.

Each charge for Ye and Hao - including copyright infringement, trademark infringement, counterfeiting of counterfeit goods - has a sentence of up to 5 years. However, the specific sentence that these two people have suffered is still unpublished. Zhai will appear in court next May.

The recording industry has repeatedly accused itself of pirated tapes, which has led to slow CD consumption in recent years. According to data provided by the Recording Association of America, sales of the entire US music market in 2005 fell 0.6% to $ 12.27 billion.

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