?Wolverine? Pirate To Serve Year In Prison

LOS ANGELES ? A New York man who admitted illegally uploading to the Internet a pirated, nearly final ?workprint? copy of the movie ?X-Men Origins: Wolverine? was sentenced this afternoon to one year in federal prison. Gilberto Sanchez, 49, who resides in The Bronx and who used screen names that were variations on ?skillz,? was sentenced by United States District Judge Margaret M. Morrow, who described the offense as ?extremely serious.? In addition to the prison term, Judge Morrow imposed one year of supervised release and numerous computer restrictions. ?The federal prison sentence handed down in this case sends a strong message of deterrence to would-be Internet pirates,? said United States Attorney Andr� Birotte Jr. ?The Justice Department will pursue and prosecute persons who seek to steal the intellectual property of this nation.? Sanchez ?uploaded the workprint more than one month before theatrical release, he has a prior conviction for a similar offense, he had been regularly uploading pirated movies for four or five years, and did not appear remorseful after charges were brought,? prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum. Sanchez pleaded guilty in March to one count of uploading a copyrighted work being prepared for commercial distribution. When he pleaded guilty, Sanchez admitted that he uploaded a ?workprint? copy of the copyrighted ?X-Men Origins: Wolverine? to www.Megaupload.com in March 2009, about one month before the motion picture was released in theaters. After uploading the Wolverine movie, Sanchez publicized the upload by ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/wolverine-pirate-to-serve-year-in-prison/

Elisha Cuthbert Eliza Dushku Emilie de Ravin Emma Heming Emma Stone Emma Watson