WASHINGTON | Fri 09/09/2011 4:49 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters)-a federal grand jury issued indictments against five individuals involved with the site NinaVideo.net with the conspiracy and copyright infringement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Friday.
The site provided millions the ability to transfer high-quality, illegally copyrighted movies and television programs, ICE, said in a statement.
He said that NinjaVideo operated from February 2008 until it was shut down by authorities in June 2010-after the defendants allegedly collected more than $ 500,000 and made millions of dollars in copyright infringement.
ICE said that the accusations are examples of efforts to "ensure economic security of the nation against those who seek to benefit illegally American creativity, innovation and hard work".
Defendants Hana Amal Beshara from New Jersey and Matthew David Howard Smith of North Carolina have been identified as the founders and administrators NinjaVideo, and Jeremy Andrew Lynn of Oregon was supposedly Chief Security site.
Joshua David Evans, Washington State and Zoi Mertzanis, a resident of Greece, allegedly to be two of the most active uploaders of copyrighted material to the site.
The federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia returned the indictment Thursday, charging the five defendants with a count of conspiracy and five counts of substantive copyright infringement for their involvement with NinjaVideo.
Many of the deals were still in theatres NinjaVideo or not yet released. NinjaVideo also offered many of his films and shows for free, but open greater access to their selections for a "donation" of a minimum of $ 25 dollars, ICE reported.
But the site has generated significant revenues during his two-and-a-half run through advertising, according to ICE.
Thursday's indictment was part of the investigation is being conducted by Homeland Security, ICE investigations that fight criminal counterfeiting and piracy, in conjunction with the Coordination Center national intellectual property rights.
The defendants are scheduled to be Czolgosz on September 16.
(Edited by Jerry Norton)
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