legal problems

'The Wolverine'

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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‘Lie To Me’ (Fox) Being Sued

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‘Lie To Me’ (Fox) Being Sued

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Tony Stewart Knee Deep in Trouble in Australia

January 16, 2011

Tony Stewart Knee Deep in Trouble in Australia

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Deadliest catch Cast Quitting due to Lawsuits

September 29, 2010

Deadliest catch Cast Quitting due to Lawsuits

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Brilliance in the Making: Paris Hilton Busted for Cocaine Possession

August 28, 2010

Late Friday night, Paris Hilton was busted for Cocaine Possession.  It was found in her purse by police after they pulled over her limousine.  The police pulled them over because of an abundance of smoke coming out of the vehicle, in what they thought was marijuana smoke.  (Damn… that’s a lot of smoke people!)  The [...]

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Taylor Lautner Sues RV Dealership

August 25, 2010

Sometimes actors have ‘tude, sometimes they don’t. For me, I’m thinking the extreme and of self-important ‘tude is when you don’t an RV on time and you sue the RV dealership. It seems that the RV dealership missed their deadline to deliver a $300k, 2006 customized RV to Taylor Lautner and he’s making sure they [...]

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Sony Wants Hydraulix To Stop SKYLINE’s Movie Release

August 16, 2010

Skyline Movie Legal Troubles – It seems that Sony is looking to squash the competition. Sony has Battle: Los Angeles coming out next year, while Hydraulix, who is producing Skyline, will be coming out in November of this year.  Skyline made a big impact when they premiered their preview at Comic Con and there was [...]

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Lindsay Lohan Pays Her Price – And Cries About It

July 9, 2010

When one dances with the devil, there’s a price to pay.   When you dance with the llaw, skirt the semblance of safe and create such a scenario that you are forced to wear an ankle bracelet, what do you expect when you don’t comply with requirements of your legal ramifications. And don’t tell me she [...]

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Is Disney Selling off ABC / ESPN?

May 26, 2010

I came across an article on Deadline Hollywood noting that details during an SEC civil suit lends credence to the premise that Disney is pondering the sale of ABC.   This could bode poorly or it could bode well for fans of the  network… this includes all genre and sports.  God knows NASCAR fans have taken [...]

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Original SMALLVILLE Creators Are Suing WB [Television]

March 26, 2010

Miles Miller, Alfred Gough & Tollin/Robbins Productions are suing Warner Brothers TV for what they call a breach of contract and fiduciary duty regarding how WB TV handled their financial responsibilities regarding Smallville. Basically, the creators of Smallville are claiming that through various devious business practices, WB TV has deprived them of millions of dollars [...]

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ABC and Cablevision At an Empasse in New York, ABC Goes Dark

March 6, 2010

Remember the Fox debacle with Time Warner and how they were at a stand still until the feds had to step in? This time ABC and Cablevision are in the middle of a 2 year negotiation fight for what seems to amount to ABC looking for $40 million in fees from Cablevision.  The same Cablevision [...]

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Adrian Pasdar Busted on the 405

January 28, 2010

Despite being fired from Heroes, I didn’t think Adrian Pasdar would take it so hard! All joking aside, TV Guide is reporting that Pasdar was busted in L.A. on suspicion of DUI yesterday, the 27th of January. The cops noticed him when he was 94 mph up the 405 Freeway (My old stomping grounds!) at [...]

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Bowling Madness Strikes New Jersey [Sports]

January 21, 2010

Outside of the world of bowling, it’s just another thing to do.  But once you get sucked into it, it never lets go and you’re trapped forever trying to constantly improve on what you’ve done.  Well, that and guys night out on league night ain’t a bad way to hang either. But though some bowlers [...]

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Conan O'Brien – Benched but Paid by NBC

January 18, 2010

NBC has manned up to Conan O’Brien.  He has been dethroned from The Tonight Show, and he’s to sit out from hosting any show until September.  But NBC is paying Conan just over $32 million for the unruly dethroning they’ve done to him. On the crappy side, it looks like NBC will be retaining their [...]

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Kardashian Twitter Lawsuit & Stupid Huge Tweet Fees

January 7, 2010

Kim Kardashian is being sued for statements she made on Twitter about some sort of diet cookies. That was going to be the impetus of my original article.  That is until I found that she gets paid $10k a tweet. What in gods name is that?  That kind of money makes her simple Twitter account [...]

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Charlie Sheen Might Still Be In Trouble

January 1, 2010

SO some relationships get a bit rocky.  What can we say? The spat between Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller that involved a knife has some interesting twists and turns. Now they’re looking to reconcile with an added $1 mil tacked onto the pre-nuptial agreement, and no charges will be pursued by Brooke. BUT But prosecutors [...]

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Woods Loses Yet Another Sponsor

January 1, 2010

Tapping Strange is getting more and more costly for Tiger Woods.  AT&T has dropped Tiger Woods and will no longer sponsor him. They haven’t specifically indicated why, though the obvious is, well, obvious. Some sponsor agreements do include character / image clauses and my uneducated guess (IE: Don’t know the details of his contract with [...]

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