Michael Calabria, Joseph Keegan and Casey Silver pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Central Islip to criminal copyright infringement. Calabria and Keegan were principals of Constructure Technologies, LLC, located in Melville, N.Y., and Silver was an employee. The charge relates to the defendants’ installing unlicensed versions of software by using “cracking” programs or “key generators,” which allowed Constructure employees to activate copies of the software without paying for a license and obtaining a key. In addition to the guilty pleas, Constructure itself is charged with a felony violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and agreed to pay a $60,000 fine. From approximately 2011 to approximately 2018, Constructure employees installed cracked software programs for multiple clients, including clients located in Hicksville, N.Y.; Mineola, N.Y.; Manhattan, N.Y.; and Bridgewater, N.J. When sentenced, each defendant faces up to one year in prison and a fine. Press Release