Five men received more than 17 years and admitted losses to industry of more than $7.45m (£5m).
Five members of an underground piracy group that wanted to be the first to release the latest blockbusters on the web have been jailed for more than 17 years.
The case, which marks the first time that ‘release groups’ have been prosecuted, follows an investigation led by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact).
The five men, who went under several online aliases including ‘memory100’, ‘Cheese’, ‘Reidy’, ‘Cooperman’ and ‘Kareemzos’, formed integral parts of online communities of internet users who, amongst other things, seek recognition for being the first to illegally source and release the latest films or for producing the ‘best’ illegal quality copies.
The men were each involved in several release groups including; ‘26K, ‘Dtrg’ ‘Deya’ ‘Remixhd’ and ‘Resistance’.
The groups illegally released online more than 2,500 films including Argo, Avengers and Skyfall. On just one website where the group shared their films...
Five members of an underground piracy group that wanted to be the first to release the latest blockbusters on the web have been jailed for more than 17 years.
The case, which marks the first time that ‘release groups’ have been prosecuted, follows an investigation led by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact).
The five men, who went under several online aliases including ‘memory100’, ‘Cheese’, ‘Reidy’, ‘Cooperman’ and ‘Kareemzos’, formed integral parts of online communities of internet users who, amongst other things, seek recognition for being the first to illegally source and release the latest films or for producing the ‘best’ illegal quality copies.
The men were each involved in several release groups including; ‘26K, ‘Dtrg’ ‘Deya’ ‘Remixhd’ and ‘Resistance’.
The groups illegally released online more than 2,500 films including Argo, Avengers and Skyfall. On just one website where the group shared their films...
- 12/18/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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