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07-29-2003, 08:13 PM
P2PForums broke the news back on June 8th about the then upcoming summer blockbuster “The Hulk” getting leaked on the net. In fact it found its way onto the net nearly two weeks before its official theater release. Well it seems as if movie buffs where not the only one who took notice of it. Wednesday afternoon Kerry Gonzalez, pleaded guilty to felony copyright infringement charges in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
It seems as if Gonzalez obtained the copy from a friend who worked for an advertising firm associated with the movie. Gonzalez then copied the movie onto his P.C. Then used I.R.C. chat rooms to begin its distribution. The movie was traced back to Gonzalez by the F.B.I.’s C.H.I.P.S. (FBI's Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Squad) unit. Gonzalez will receive his sentence by the end of September. The maximum he can receive is three years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
P2PForums suspects this will be a chilling warning to all those who might distribute films online. We also wonder how the F.B.I. was able to track this back to Gonzalez. It could have been because there was a limited number of places the “workprint” could have come from. It is also be possible the film had some personal identification marks that where missed by the releasers when the rest where stripped out. Yet another strike against P2P in these some what darkening times.
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It seems as if Gonzalez obtained the copy from a friend who worked for an advertising firm associated with the movie. Gonzalez then copied the movie onto his P.C. Then used I.R.C. chat rooms to begin its distribution. The movie was traced back to Gonzalez by the F.B.I.’s C.H.I.P.S. (FBI's Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Squad) unit. Gonzalez will receive his sentence by the end of September. The maximum he can receive is three years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
P2PForums suspects this will be a chilling warning to all those who might distribute films online. We also wonder how the F.B.I. was able to track this back to Gonzalez. It could have been because there was a limited number of places the “workprint” could have come from. It is also be possible the film had some personal identification marks that where missed by the releasers when the rest where stripped out. Yet another strike against P2P in these some what darkening times.
Story First Broke By CNET