21 Months For Maryland Pirate
Posted by Rodneyon 30. 10. 2008in News Chat
We get word of harsh justice for a Maryland man from the gulag caves of Yahoo this morning.
A Maryland man was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on Tuesday after he admitted to recording two films in a Washington, D.C., theater, “28 Weeks Later” and “Enchanted.”
Michael Logan, 31, could be responsible for illegally recording more than 100 films from January 2006 to January 2008 in five states and the District of Columbia, the Motion Picture Assn. of America said in a statement.
Sucks for the dude, but 21 months isn’t a bad run in the slammer; a good hobby will chip that time away in no time. With luck, the jailbird will be able to pass the time watching all of them in prison.
International Friends, if you are thinking of recording a film with a camcorder – please don’t.
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So when they say “could be responsible” doesn’t that mean they dont any proof that he actually did pirate those additional 100+ films?
Yes. I am assuming guilt.
Never understood people who actually watch these shitty camcorder versions.
Idiots.
Because most of them are actually really damn good quality for a cam these days. Like along the lines of almost perfect VHS-quality. It’s only the occasional one that’s actually horrible quality these days.
Uhh your remarks don’t reflect the story.
He got 21 months for two films. The theory that he might have done something by the very people of whom it is best interest to make such claims has nothing to do with anything.
Thank you UG, you are correct.
I hate the high price of movies tickets but I wait 4-5 months for the DVD like normal people. Give him more prison time.
I hope he didn’t give my dad anything…
This is crazy! 21 months in hardcore prison for bootlegging a film. I f people really want to watch a shitty movie recording, who cares. They obviously weren’t going to go see it in the theaters anyway. He should be punished but this is way over the top.
“This is crazy! 21 months in hardcore prison for bootlegging a film. I f people really want to watch a shitty movie recording, who cares. They obviously weren’t going to go see it in the theaters anyway. He should be punished but this is way over the top.”
No it’s not. He deserved what he got. He didn’t download a movie, he recorded it himself. He knew the dangers going into it, so its his own damn fault.
21 months in FEDERAL prison for camming in a theater?
I could understand maybe a state prison, or house-arrest/probation, but Federal freaking prison? Yes, what he did was illegal and he knew that, but seriously, why send a poor nerd to a maximum security lockup thats housing notoriously violent and deadly criminals who are serving life sentences with nothing to lose?
I can’t stand our legal system. Just because someone is a criminal doesn’t mean they are dangerous. He didn’t murder or rape anyone, yet he’s being grouped with people who have.