A former janitor at the post office in Fargo, N.D., has been ordered to repay more than $78,000 after taking undeliverable CDs and DVDs from trash bins and selling them to record stores. James Chalupnik pleaded guilty in federal court last October to copyright infringement. According to the Assistant U.S. Attorney, the record company BMG Columbia House, artists and producers lost profits because of Chalupnik, who sold the majority of the shrink-wrapped discs for about $4 each.
February 06, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A former janitor at the post office in Fargo, N.D., has been ordered to repay more than $78,000 after taking undeliverable compact discs and DVDs from trash bins and selling them to record stores.
James Chalupnik, 46, of Fargo, also was given two years of probation.
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