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   Some Guy to All   
   Two sentenced to US prison for copyright   
   03 Nov 12 11:29:36   
   
   XPost: can.infobahn   
   From: Some@Guy.com   
      
   Is this why I can't find a legit cam-rip of "Cloud Atlas" on the   
   torrents?   
      
   Note that these guys were trying to capture a better version of the   
   audio track for these movies by using "receivers" - ?   
      
   See - I told you that the quality of audible audio in the modern movie   
   experience sucks big-time.   
      
   I'm curious about how or why the audio track is broadcast in movie   
   theaters.  How does that work, exactly?   
      
   Note that these guys seem to have been charged only with recording audio   
   in a movie theater.  How can they extrapolate that to "internet piracy"   
   ?   
      
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   Two sentenced to US prison for copyright piracy   
      
   AFP - Two members of an Internet piracy group were sentenced to prison   
   Friday on charges stemming from unauthorized online distribution of   
   first-run films, officials said.   
      
   The Justice Department said a Virginia court sentenced Willie Lambert,   
   57, of Pennsylvania, to 30 months in prison and Sean Lovelady, 28, of   
   California to 23 months.   
      
   Lambert was ordered to pay $449,514 in restitution and Lovelady $7,500.   
      
   Lambert and Lovelady were indicted along with two other defendants in   
   April for their roles in the IMAGiNE Group, a ring that sought to copy   
   and release to the Internet copies of movies only showing in theaters.   
      
   The two men each pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit   
   criminal copyright infringement.   
      
   According to prosecutors, Lambert and Lovelady admitted that they went   
   to movie theaters and secretly used receivers and recording devices to   
   capture the audio sound tracks of copyrighted movies.   
      
   The group used software to synchronize the audio file with an illegally   
   obtained video file to create a completed movie for sharing over the   
   Internet.   
      
   Two others in the group have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.   
      
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