Eric Lundgren, 33, has seen his appeal dismissed on 11 April by a court in Miami : the U.s. will therefore be well sentenced to fifteen months in jail and $ 50 000 (42 000 €) fine.
His crime : having downloaded the tools distributed by Microsoft free of charge, and have them burned on 28 000 CD-ROM for resell (at a loss, according to him) 12 cents a piece.
