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A British national who was arrested in Cyprus in 2020 in connection with a global piracy ring may start to take the FBI warning on DVD’s a bit more seriously, after a US judge this week sentenced the deeply remorseful offender to 22 months ....
Sparks allegedly cost studios tens of millions of dollars over nearly a decade by leaking movies and TV shows before their scheduled release dates. ....
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A British man was sentenced on Monday to a 22-month prison term after admitting involvement in a global piracy ring that caused major losses for movie and TV production studios by distributing unreleased content online. George Bridi, a 52-year-old former disk jockey, had already spent 17-1/2 months in jail since his arrest in Cyprus over his work for the Sparks Group, which prosecutors called an international online piracy group. Bridi pleaded guilty in November to a copyright infringement conspiracy charge. Infringement of U.S. copyrights is a big problem in our economy, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said. It s doubly troubling that it can be conducted . from outside the U.S. The Manhattan judge said Bridi played an important supervisory role in the piracy scheme. In addition to imposing the 22-month prison term, Berman ordered the defendant to pay $120,000 in restitution. Sparks allegedly cost studios tens of millions of dollars over near ....