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   Tony to Some Guy   
   Re: Two sentenced to US prison for copyr   
   03 Nov 12 12:16:24   
   
   XPost: can.infobahn   
   From: Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich   
      
   Are you that swine SumGuy? It could be that JF FROGGING you! Someone knows   
   who that SumGuy is.   
      
   Some Guy wrote:   
      
   > 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"   
   > ?   
   >   
   > =======================================   
   >   
   > 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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