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chihawk
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 Posted: 04-Oct-2003 08:51 Post subject: MAN GETS PROBATION, FINE FOR COPYING HULK MOVIE |
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to illegally copying and posting a digital version of summer action movie The Hulk on the Internet received a three-year probation and was fined, movie studio Universal Pictures said on Friday.
Kerry Gonzalez, who was 25 when he pleaded guilty in June, was ordered to serve six months confinement in his home along with the probation. He also must pay a $2,000 fine and $5,000 in restitution to Universal, the company that produced and distributed the movie, Universal said.
"This outcome sends a strong message to anyone who steals or abuses intellectual property by uploading or downloading it on the Internet," Karen Randall, general counsel for Universal's parent Vivendi Universal Entertainment, said in a statement.
Gonzalez was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where he pleaded guilty to one count of copyright infringement. Court officials could not be reached late on Friday.
Gonzalez's arrest and plea was applauded by the U.S. movie industry because moviemakers are battling to protect movies from people who are posting digital copies on the Internet where they can be distributed and swapped for free.
The movie studios are concerned that the practice of movie file swapping on the Internet will reduce box office receipts from movies, just as music file swapping has cut sales at record companies.
Jack Valenti, chief executive of the Motion Picture Association of America, said in a statement that the sentence "makes clear that there are serious and permanent consequences for those who steal motion pictures."
Gonzalez could not be reached for comment.
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Rarich
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| Posted: 04-Oct-2003 19:22 Post subject: RE: MAN GETS PROBATION, FINE FOR COPYING HULK MOVIE |
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He did do wrong, but.....
If you falsely inflate prices when you sell things, the "Black" market automatically aquires a new product line. A real free market system does not have a black market.
The recording/media/ entertainment industry had better smell the coffee soon. Why should a band go to them, when they can go to radio for air time and then market their song thru their own website?
Several companies (wang, Digital, etc.) did not think the PC was much. They ignored the tech, and they died. I am reasonably sure that many of the big recording companies are headed for a big fall.
I am surprised that GNU did not talk to underground bands and offer to warehouse their tunes at the rate of 1 cent per copy, then sell at like 5 cents to people wanting to download. Split the net 50/50 with the band.
Simple and probably all the band wants, no "selling out" or any other similar issues.
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Horhiro
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| Posted: 04-Oct-2003 21:15 Post subject: RE: MAN GETS PROBATION, FINE FOR COPYING HULK MOVIE |
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When I read the topic title for this one, I though someone had exposed themselves to Gamma radiation... 
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