- Man jailed for recording two movies
- The Herald Sun
- 29/10/2008 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: The Rooster ( 264 articles in 2008 )
A MAN has been sentenced to 21 months in jail for illegally recording 28 Weeks Later and Enchanted with a camcorder, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced.
Michael Logan acknowledged using a digital camcorder to record the movies 28 Weeks Later and Enchanted in a Washington cinema for commercial purposes, the statement read.
"Camcord piracy is a serious threat to the motion picture industry," said John Malcolm, who heads the MPAA's global anti-piracy program.
"More than 90 per cent of newly-released movies that end up on the internet or in street markets around the world can be sourced to a single illegally camcorded movie from a movie theatre," Mr Malcolm said.
The MPAA said it determined that between January 2006 and January 2008 Logan was responsible for the premature release of more than 100 movies he illegally recorded in a five-state area around the US capital.
US legislation approved in 2005 makes cinema camcording a federal felony, and set penalties of up to five years prison and a hefty fine for pirating works commercially unreleased.
Australians caught making unauthorised copies of films or DVDs face up to five years' imprisonment or a fine of up to $60,500.
The movie industry claims annual worldwide losses of $US18 billion ($28.29 billion) due to movie theft.
Michael Logan acknowledged using a digital camcorder to record the movies 28 Weeks Later and Enchanted in a Washington cinema for commercial purposes, the statement read.
"Camcord piracy is a serious threat to the motion picture industry," said John Malcolm, who heads the MPAA's global anti-piracy program.
"More than 90 per cent of newly-released movies that end up on the internet or in street markets around the world can be sourced to a single illegally camcorded movie from a movie theatre," Mr Malcolm said.
The MPAA said it determined that between January 2006 and January 2008 Logan was responsible for the premature release of more than 100 movies he illegally recorded in a five-state area around the US capital.
US legislation approved in 2005 makes cinema camcording a federal felony, and set penalties of up to five years prison and a hefty fine for pirating works commercially unreleased.
Australians caught making unauthorised copies of films or DVDs face up to five years' imprisonment or a fine of up to $60,500.
The movie industry claims annual worldwide losses of $US18 billion ($28.29 billion) due to movie theft.
Source: https://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24570291-5005961,00.html
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