Illegal Recording of The Dark Knight Costs Man Two Years in Prison

[DeathKnell]

Since the measures against non-commercial file sharing are getting increasingly drastic one can easily guess the risk involved by recording illegally a film for personal profit.

Missouri man Robert Henderson of Grandview learned that the hard way – after being arrested for camcording The Dark Knight in a theater and selling the flick on DVD, he was given two years in federal prison.

Apart from jail time (which will be followed by three years probation), U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan also fined Henderson $24,738.

Henderson was caught on July 18, 2008 (opening day for the Warner Bros. blockbuster) using his digital camera illegally and pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement.

Of course the MPAA was more than happy with the news as its main occupation is setting examples among copyright infringers:

“This is an appropriate sentence for a very serious crime, and we hope it will serve as a warning to would-be movie thieves that they will face severe consequences for engaging in these activities,” said Mike Robinson, the MPAA's senior vice president of content protection.

Source: P2POn

DeathKnell Reviewed by DeathKnell on 25th Feb 2010. Illegal Recording of The Dark Knight Costs Man Two Years in Prison Since the measures against non-commercial file sharing are getting increasingly drastic one can easily guess the risk involved by recording illegally a film for personal profit. Missouri man Robert Henderson of Grandview learned that the hard way – after being arrested for camcording The Dark Knight in a theater and selling the flick on DVD, he was given two years in federal prison. Apart from jail time (which will be followed by three years probation), U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Rating: 5

[Daniel]

That sucks for him

Why some people getting caught lately

[Nemesis]

Fucking sucks. God I hate government

[Steven]

Too BAd days are getting worse for more piracy

[zibo]

next time i will kill the guy who saw me, and it will be an act of self defense as he was aggressive. Seriously i am not kidding i would make a crime will be more easy!

[Storm]

what retard would record a movie like that
facepalm