p2pnet.net News:- Russell Sprague, the man who acquired more than 130 screeners of Hollywood features including "The Last Samurai" and "Mystic River" and then posted them on the p2p networks, was found dead in a Los Angeles prison cell.
He got the movies from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences member Carmine Caridi, 70, was recently ordered to pay Warner Bros $300,000 for providing Sprague with the copies.
Sprague, 52, was facing three years in jail after pleading guilty to one count of copyright infringement. He was to have been sentenced March 21.
Full Story @ p2pnet.net
Seems the MPAA and RIAA have far reaching power. If I didn't know better I would of said this guy had angered the mafia. Could it be the MPAA and RIAA are more like the mafia than we realize?
Posted by Muddy at March 2, 2005 03:18 PM | TrackBack