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  "path": "/threads/man-who-stole-beyonces-hard-drives-gets-five-year-sentence.2634651/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T08:36:17.000Z",
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    "Man Who Stole Beyonce's Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence - Slashdot",
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  "textContent": "###  \n\t\t\t\t\t\tMan Who Stole Beyonce's Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence - Slashdot\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\nA man accused of stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyonce music, tour plans, and other materials from a rental car in Atlanta has pleaded guilty and accepted a five-year sentence, including two years in custody. Slashdot Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Kelvin Evans was...\n\nyro.slashdot.org\n\n\nA man breaks into a rental and steals a couple of suitcases that contained stuff valuable to Beyonce. I'm curious about what people here make of the argument going on in the comments, summarised as:\n\n1) He stole highly valuable IP and should be prosecuted as such, ignorance of the contents is no excuse\n2) There is no indication that this was a targeted theft for that information, so basically a guy breaks into a car, makes away with a couple of suitcases and because Beyonce is rich, the police pulled their thumbs out of their butts and found the guy, then the law threw the book at him.\n\nThere's no indication in The Guardian's article that this was a targeted theft.\n\nIMO a fair punishment for the crime comes down to determining intent (but I'm not fully decided on the topic). Did the thief intend to target that high-value information, or was he looking to make a...\n\nRead more",
  "title": "\"Man Who Stole Beyonce's Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence\""
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