Related link: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200201/msg00158.ht…

In “Use P2P, Go to Jail. Any Questions?” we wrote of the plight of David McOwen, a Georgia State sysadmin accused of “computer trespass” after installing Distributed.net software on college PCs and allegedly costing the state $415,951.49 in bandwidth charges.

The EFF today announced McOwen’s legal nightmare is all but at an end. “Under the terms of the deal, announced today, McOwen will receive one year of probation for each criminal count, to run concurrently, make restitution of $2100, and perform 80 hours of community service unrelated to computers or technology. McOwen will have no felony or misdemeanor record under Georgia’s First Offender Act.”