BBC reports that computer programmer Philip Danks for has been jailed for 33 months after recording Fast And Furious 6 from the back of a cinema after a judge in Wolverhampton ruled that the defendant uploaded the movie, which was downloaded 700,000 times. As well as putting the film on the internet, Danks offered to sell copies of the film using his Facebook profile.
The judge who sentenced Danks said his behavour was "bold, arrogant and cocksure". Police said that Danks had continued to illegally distribute movies after his arrest in May last year. Fraud investigators quickly traced him after they noticed his online ‘Thecod3r’ tag attached to the video was identical to his profile on dating site Plenty of Fish. Danks was arrested by police after a special ‘webwatch’ team was set up by LA-based Universal Pictures, who raided his home in Bloxwich, Walsall on May 23 – less than a week after the video surfaced online.
The court heard that despite making some money from sales of the film on Facebook and by personal delivery his real motive was ‘street cred’. "The first person with a pirated version attracts much kudos," said Ari Alibhai, prosecuting on behalf of the Federation Against Copyright Theft. "He wanted recognition from the community."
(Score: 3, Funny) by jasassin on Sunday August 24 2014, @07:12AM
At $200,000 per infringement, and 700,000 infringements... Looks like he owes the MPAA $140,000,000,000. Yes, that's right, (pinky to the side of the mouth) 140 billion dollars!
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by present_arms on Sunday August 24 2014, @09:39AM
Be glad he's in the UK then, Sentanced for 33 Months, he'll do half. I thing 33 months is fair for being a twat. Not for camming movies, or for uploading them, but for openly bragging and selling his wares. To quote a famous book "10/10 for style, Minus several million for good thinking"
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08 2014, @08:04PM
being a twat is punishable with jail now? I know a few that would rightfully serve some time then