Chris Hyman and Shawn Guse, software thieves

Some game thieves pay for their crime
September 23rd, 2008 — News analysis and background

Over the last year Activision have been taking peer to peer torrent game thieves to court. Here are the results:
Shawn Guse of Federal Way, Washington agreed to pay Activision $100,000.
Chris Hyman of Abbeville, South Carolina agreed to pay Activision $25,000.
George Laflin of New Jersey agreed to pay Activision $100,000.
Maryanne Leach of Northome, Minnesota agreed to pay Activision $1,000.
Kenneth Madden of York, South Carolina agreed to pay Activision $100,000.
James R. Strickland of New York State; case is still active.

This is brilliant news. It is nice to see a game publisher with the gumption to act against people stealing from them. Let’s hope they nail a lot more of these thieves.