Probation for man in Tom Cruise photo extortion bid
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A computer technician involved in a bid to extort $1.3 million from Tom Cruise for copies of the actor's stolen wedding photographs was sentenced on Thursday to two years probation.
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Tom Cruise's business partner says a new deal has been struck to secure the actor's place in the film business.
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Flogs software on eBay A British man who was selling Â£12,000 software for Â£12 on eBay faces up to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and will be sentenced in February.â¦
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A man was sentenced to probation Monday for snatching the hairpiece off the head of another man at a restaurant.
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The first prosecuted copyright-infringement case involving BitTorrent technology could lead to up to five years of prison time and a quarter-million-dollar fine for the Pennsylvania man who pled guilty.
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Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is given three years probation after pleading no contest to an assault charge.
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Former NHL tough guy Mike Danton was sentenced Monday to 7 1/2 years in prison for trying to have his agent killed.
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A man who allegedly uploaded a copy of the film "Flushed Away" onto the Internet after getting a copy from an Oscar voter faces a felony charge.
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Award-winning actor sentenced for downloading pictures and videos of child abuse.
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A man who tried to extort $1.3 million from Tom Cruise in exchange for stolen photographs of his wedding to Katie Holmes was sentenced to two years probation, The Associated Press reported. Marc Lewis Gittleman was also fined $3,000 after pleading guilty on Sept. 21 to interstate transportation of stolen property. Mr. Gittleman, a computer technician, obtained thousands of photos from a damaged hard drive that was brought to his workplace by a photographer. He then contacted David Hans Schmidt, 47, who was known for peddling nude pictures and sex tapes of celebrities, and sent Mr. Cruise an e-mail message demanding $1.3 million to keep the pictures private. The authorities set up a sting operation to catch the two men. Mr. Schmidt pleaded guilty to transmitting threatening communications with intent to extort and hanged himself in September.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The owner of one of the nation's largest Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.  Nathan Peterson, 27, of Los Angeles, sold products copyrighted by companies such as Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc.
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A U.S. judge sentenced two former  Enron energy traders involved in the scheme to manipulate  California energy prices to two years' probation and a $10,000  fine each on Wednesday after they cooperated with authorities  in the case.
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The leader of a gang that committed what has been described as the Netherland's biggest cybercrime is appealing his sentence.
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Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was sentenced to 18 months' probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to drunken driving.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Ohio State football standout Maurice Clarett is looking at a minimum of 3 1/2 years in prison after agreeing to a plea bargain.
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Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps was sentenced to 18 months probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to drunken driving.
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One-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr was offered a plea deal Tuesday on child pornography charges that would free him on probation.