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The man responsible to distribute a pirate copy of the movie
“The Simpsons” was caught in Sydney,
Australia.
According to a statement issued by the Australian Federation
Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), the man, who is 21 years old used a mobile
phone to record “The Simpsons” on July 26, the first day of its global release.
Within hours the Australian uploaded the copy on the
Internet and the file has spread quickly through BitTorrent and other similar
sites.
According to Adrianne Pecotic, executive director of the
Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, the pirates are using mobile
phones instead camcorders.
"Unauthorised recording of cinemas is increasing and
police have attended seven reported incidents of camcording across three states
in the last six weeks, and more than half of those were using mobile
phones," she said quoted by AFP.
The man was charged with copyright theft and he will appear
in front of a court on October 2. If he is found guilty the man could be sentenced
to five years in jail.
In June this year, Twentieth Century Fox, which is also the
producer of “24” Tv series, and FBI filed a complaint against a Chicago man who posted
the first four episodes of 24: Season 6 on YouTube an others video-sharing sites.
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