23.08.2014 - 06:17 [ Techdirt ]

Crime And Punishment? 33 Months In Jail For Filming And Uploading Fast & Furious 6

As a whole bunch of folks sent in, over in the UK, a guy named Philip Danks has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for camcording Fast and Furious 6 and then uploading it to the internet. As is all too often the case, the UK authorities more or less let the movie industry, in the form of FACT (the Federation Against Copyright Theft) run the entire investigation.