Pirated Simpsons Movie footage snagged with mobile
A 21-year-old Aussie is looking at up to five years behind bars after being charged with "uploading a pirated copy of The Simpsons Movie on the internet." Interestingly enough, his weapon of choice was not an uber-small camcorder, rather, he chose to record the entire film with his mobile phone on its first day in cinemas. Merely hours after returning home, the footage was already making the rounds on the 'net, but he has since been arrested after having his home raided by Federal Police. Adrianne Pecotic, executive director of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, was quoted as saying that mobile phones had "advanced to the point where users could do a lot of damage" with its built-in video recording abilities, and also noted that pirates were "increasingly ditching handycams for smaller mobile phones."[Thanks, Geoff]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zach @ Aug 20th 2007 12:21AM
Ugh, that's just horrible to even think about. CAMS are no laughing matter and real friends don't let friends download shitty CAMS. It's about SCREENERS now a days. It just pains me to watch a shaky hand, three guys blocking the screen, and my 16:9 wide screen turned into the 33333:44 @ 30degrees shitfest.
Good riddance.
docjohnboy @ Aug 20th 2007 12:30AM
Well, we know he wasn't using an iPhone.
carlo @ Aug 20th 2007 1:45AM
WORD!!!
Fusker Fuskersen @ Aug 20th 2007 9:01AM
Glad I'm not living in Australia :)