cinematical.com— Movie critic Paul Sherman has been busted for selling DVD screeners to pirate groups. Over the years he sold 117 discs for $4714. He now faces a $250000 fine and 3 years in prison.
Jun 23, 2006View in Crawl 4
To those calling me an RIAA/MPAA shill: bite my ass.The RIAA/MPAA loves for crap like this to happen so they can advance their bulls**t "piracy is why our sales have dropped" agenda. It gives them concrete examples so that they can push crap like the DMCA and other draconian laws through Congress.I call this guy a scumbag because he's feeding right into their agenda and, in the end, makes it harder for EVERYONE who wants to do whatever they want with media that they've paid good money for.Stop being so shortsighted.
Congratulations RIAA, you've finally figured it out. You see, it's not the people at home downloading off of the internet that are the problem. It's the people closest to you that are the problem. The critics, the people in the film booths, the people working at the pressing plants. Those are the people at the top of the piracy food chain. Look within, you'll find the enemy.
From textpundit:"To those calling me an RIAA/MPAA shill: bite my ass.The RIAA/MPAA loves for crap like this to happen so they can advance their bulls**t "piracy is why our sales have dropped" agenda. It gives them concrete examples so that they can push crap like the DMCA and other draconian laws through Congress."I agree. But when they go after their customers they're wrong.Pirate a CD and mail it to the MPAA, pirate a DVD and mail it to the RIAA. Repeat this once a week and wear gloves.
Some of us are smart and rip our DVD's to our hard drives the moment it exists the shrink rap. You'd be amazed at how much more convenient it is to have just the movie play and no other junk. Even if you do not rip DVD's, a good software player can skip the FBI warning.
hehe, it's nice to see people still like our show (tehscene)the DVD set will be on torrents in the next few days, so check back if you want them(they have special features, commentary, etc!)peace"for the love of the scene"-hydr0san
tylerdurden0Jun 23, 2006
I think they also pillage, plunder, rifle, and loot. Yes, I am sure I've heard that somewhere...
Closed AccountJun 23, 2006
To those calling me an RIAA/MPAA shill: bite my ass.The RIAA/MPAA loves for crap like this to happen so they can advance their bulls**t "piracy is why our sales have dropped" agenda. It gives them concrete examples so that they can push crap like the DMCA and other draconian laws through Congress.I call this guy a scumbag because he's feeding right into their agenda and, in the end, makes it harder for EVERYONE who wants to do whatever they want with media that they've paid good money for.Stop being so shortsighted.
locojonesJun 23, 2006
Congratulations RIAA, you've finally figured it out. You see, it's not the people at home downloading off of the internet that are the problem. It's the people closest to you that are the problem. The critics, the people in the film booths, the people working at the pressing plants. Those are the people at the top of the piracy food chain. Look within, you'll find the enemy.
theod48Jun 23, 2006
Why couldn't it have been Gene Shalat who got caught, now that would be a story :)
infra172Jun 23, 2006
It stinks!
hardcleJun 23, 2006Submitter
odyss3y: Screeners are provided for free to critics.
flateratesJun 24, 2006
From textpundit:"To those calling me an RIAA/MPAA shill: bite my ass.The RIAA/MPAA loves for crap like this to happen so they can advance their bulls**t "piracy is why our sales have dropped" agenda. It gives them concrete examples so that they can push crap like the DMCA and other draconian laws through Congress."I agree. But when they go after their customers they're wrong.Pirate a CD and mail it to the MPAA, pirate a DVD and mail it to the RIAA. Repeat this once a week and wear gloves.
fortezzaJun 24, 2006
Some of us are smart and rip our DVD's to our hard drives the moment it exists the shrink rap. You'd be amazed at how much more convenient it is to have just the movie play and no other junk. Even if you do not rip DVD's, a good software player can skip the FBI warning.
hydr0sanJun 24, 2006
hehe, it's nice to see people still like our show (tehscene)the DVD set will be on torrents in the next few days, so check back if you want them(they have special features, commentary, etc!)peace"for the love of the scene"-hydr0san
knivesJun 27, 2006
AAARRRRRRGGGHH!!!