The man who was responsible for uploading that unfinished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on the eve of April Fools Day more than a year ago was sentenced today (12/19/11) to a year in federal prison for that simple act that was a function of movie piracy.
This criminal sentence finally puts movie piracy on the books that stealing movies from the internet is, well, stealing.
It was further exemplified that “The Justice Department will pursue and prosecute persons who seek to steal intellectual property…”
What I find interesting is the wording used to represent the deed that took place…
It was noted that Fox had the illegal upload removed from Megaupload within one day of it being uploaded. But during that day, the stolen content went rather viral, and as the legal system called it, his upload resulted in millions of infringements. Infringements.
They’re not mincing words now that they have a conviction under their belts. And this could spell all kinds of legal problems for some folks that are involved in movie piracy, no matter what part of the chain they’re in!
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On Saturday (3-5) the public learned that Robby Gordon and NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Kevin Conway engaged in some heated debate or difference of opinions which resulted in Robby Gordon receiving an indefinite probation from NASCAR and with Kevin Conway filing a police report. (Seriously? A police report?)
It turns out that they had some form of an altercation Friday night and the reason we’re all finding out about is because driver Kevin Conway told NASCAR and additionally, filed a police report that is a misdemeanor battery complaint.
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The two drivers are now engaged in a slightly complicated legal dispute. Mr. Gordon is suing Conway’s sponsor, Extenze, for races that Conway drove for his team. Mr. Conway in turn, is suing Mr. Gordon for money that he says he’s due for driving for Gordon and should have received for being last year’s Cup rookie of the year.
The actual altercation details are non-existent (aka, no one is saying) but after Friday, Conway did a very unique process that you don’t see often from NASCAR drivers… he called the police and then apprised the NASCAR brass about the situation.
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