Another Ninjavideo.net founder pleads guilty
A co-founder of NinjaVideo.net has pleaded guilty to a copyright infringement charge, joining two other founders who pled guilty to charges in September.
Justin Dedemko, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Dedemko and fellow NinjaVideo.net officers with distributing infringing copies of movies and television programs to millions of visitors to the site.
Dedemko faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 24. Co-founders Matthew David Howard Smith and Hana Amal Beshara pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement.