p2p news / p2pnet: A screener of Walk the Line, sent to a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, came close to ending up online.

"Luis Ochoa of Corona, Calif., faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine for seeking to distribute the film," says Reuters.

Dan ‘Jedi’ lickman and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), which he heads, claim Hollywood’s bottom line has been seriously and deeply dented through the unauthorised online distribution of "pirated" product.

The story doesn’t say how Ochoa got hold of the screener, of who it was meant for, but, "Prosecutors said Ochoa, using the online nickname ‘jai,” unwittingly discussed his plans to distribute the film with MPAA officials, who then set up a server intended to look like a site used by illegal downloaders," says the story.

Ochoa, "voluntarily admitted that he used the name ‘jai’ and had uploaded the copy of ‘Line,’ according to the affidavit supporting the charges.

Also See:
Reuters – "Line" pirate walks plank after MPAA sting, February 16, 2006

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