Camcording ‘pirate’ jailed for 2 years
p2pnet news view | MPAA News:- Raymond Paul Steigerwalt was jailed for 21 months for his part in an alleged hack attack on US Department of Defense computers.
That was in 2005 and earlier this year in the US, former Brocade Communications System boss Gregory Reyes was jailed for 21 months and fined $15 million after he set up a plan to tamper with the financial records of stock options.
In August, Canadian actor Robert Smith was jailed for 21 months for possessing kiddie porn and making it available online.
Then, this month, Michael Logan was sentenced to 21 months in a US federal penitentiary for [wait for it] recording two films in a Washington, DC theater, says the Hollywood Reporter.
Right! Hell, he should’ve gotten more!
Hang on, though. Twenty-one months for camcording a couple of cruddy Hollywood flicks?
They were 28 Weeks Later and Enchanted, says Cinematical.
Yeh. But even so, 21 months does seem a bit steep.
Until you factor in the fact — well, the almost fact — that according to the MPAA, which never lies, “forensic analysis indicates Logan could be responsible for illegally recording more than 100 films from January 2006 to January 2008 in four states and the District of Columbia,” says the story.
Could be? Like, they’re not sure? Like they’re jailing this guy just in case?
“The MPAA said it did not know if Logan had a formal job as he appeared to making a good living from his camcording activities,” say Reuters.
They didn’t know whether or not Logan was working? But no worries because he appeared to [be] making a good living from his camcording activities?
Hollywood Reporter – Man sentenced in film piracy case, October 28, 2008
Cinematical – Illegally Recording Films Can Get You Almost Two Years in Prison, October 29, 2008
Reuters – Man gets 21 months in film piracy case, October 29, 2008
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October 30th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Just the standard technique for being able to say the most audacious lies and damaging slander against someone. Use plenty of “might have … ” , “could have … “, and precede the baseless accusations with with “we don’t know if … ”
“forensic analysis indicates … ” is another good one. A term usually reserved for fingerprints, DNA, and other identifiers that, while not proof positive, indicate an extremely strong possibility of a match. In this case it’s more like “the files were made on a computer … the defendant has a computer “
October 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Just goes to show you where there priorities are. Camcording a movie is as serious an offense as hacking military records, white collar crime and distribution of child porn?!
The way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised if, in a few years, you’ll get a lighter sentence for murder than if you’re caught bootlegging a movie.
October 30th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Some media outlets (that I think are shills for the MPAA/RIAA) are saying that this guy got 21 YEARS in prison, not 21 months….. which I think was an intentional oops.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:57 am
fuck that. I’d jump over the table and stab their fucking lawyer.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Ignoring the keyboard warrior statements above and the dilution of other offenses – if the idiot was stupid enough to do it and stupid enough to get caught then the gene pool isnt missing the retard , let him get a bumming marathon in jail .
October 31st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
It’s not a keyboard warrior statement – I would not spend two years in jail for recording ONE movie. The others where probably downloaded and deleted after use. I’d rather get my own justice in and go out with a bang. You’re also an idiot, above poster.
June 21st, 2009 at 3:18 pm
CODE NO CAMCORDING GO PRISON
June 26th, 2009 at 9:33 am
su going to code. report.