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Pinned Posts in PinterestA Montreal man has been sentenced to 2 1/2 months in jail for unauthorized recording and distribution of movies.
Court Issues Jail Sentence for Movie Piracy
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Well how about that
Conservatiev MP Rahim Jaffer gets caught drunk driving with cocaine and gets a $500 fine and no record. However, if you tape a movie you go to jail. WOnderful world we live in. WHo is more of a danger to the public good?
Fried Green Tomatoes?
“He was nabbed at a downtown Montreal cinema, caught red-handed with a camcorder recording a number of Hollywood hits, including Fried Green Tomatoes.”
Fried Green Tomatoes was released in 1991…
“Police said he would upload them to the Internet and charge users a fee to view them.”
I want to see some evidence of this before I believe it.
Well…
His lawyer said something along the lines of: The fee was cheap compared to the quality of his ill-gotten copy.
PS: Once aggain the proof that current canadian law on copyright is enought, we dont need a death sentance on piracy, nor we need something as stupid as ACTA’s current known implementation.