E-Waste Innovator Will Go to Jail for Making Windows Restore Disks

Larger discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921634

The real crime was undermining Microsoft's cycle for selling new licenses.

>As a result, Lundgren pleaded guilty to two of 21 charges, conspiracy and copyright infringement

I don't understand why he pleaded guilty - the testimony about the data being worth 0 means nothing with a plea of guilty.

big business against small people with great ideas..