HONG KONG: A Hong Kong man on Monday became the first person in the Chinese territory to be sentenced to jail for copyright violation by uploading three movies onto the Internet using a popular file-sharing software.
Chan Nai-ming, 38, was sentenced to three months in prison for illegally uploading the Hollywood films "Daredevil,'' "Red Planet'' and "Miss Congeniality,'' onto a Web site so that others could obtain them, said Judiciary spokesman Mackenzie Mak.
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