On March 21, 2003, the Los Angeles Police arrested two Los Angeles residents for using a hand-held digital camcorder to videotape the film Star Trek: Nemesis, off the movie screen.
The two men, Ruth ASTROM and Leonid ZUBKOVSKI, both 18 years of age, were arrested by the police as they exited the PARAMOUNT LOS ANGELES theatre. The police confiscated the digital camcorder and the illegal tape. Both were charged under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which carries penalties on conviction of substantial fines and/or jail terms.
“Camcording a movie off the screen is no different than walking into a local video store and stealing a movie off the shelves. The motion picture industry takes this type of activity very seriously and we intend to support the prosecution in any way possible,” said Jimmy Scott, Los Angeles Regional Representative of the Film & Video Security Office.
“This camcorded copy could have been used as a master to create illegal copies for upload onto the Internet or for sale as hard goods such as DVDs or videocassettes. We are grateful to the Los Angeles Police for their efforts in eliminating piratism in the USA.”
The Film & Video Security Office of the Motion Picture Association of America investigates video piracy, cable signal piracy and satellite signal piracy across the United States.
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