Four plead guilty in US piracy case - [briefly] 06:28 AM EST - Mar,01 2006 - post a comment Four
American men involved in websites offering music files of songs before they
were commercially released pleaded guilty to copyright infringement charges, the
US Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday.
Derek A Borchardt, 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina; Matthew B Howard, 24, of Longmont, Colorado; and Aaron O Jones, 31, of Hillsboro, Oregon, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement for their involvement in the prerelease music group Apocalypse Crew or APC. George S. Hayes, 31, of Danville, Virginia, previously pled guilty to one count of criminal copyright infringement related to his involvement in prerelease music group Chromance or CHR.
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