Reginald R. Collier found out the hard way that you don't pirate Oliver Stone's movies.
A federal judge sentenced the 26-year-old Collier on Wednesday to two years in federal prison without parole for trafficking thousands of counterfeited DVDs and CDs.
Collier was also slapped with a $41,361, which will be split by the
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., and the Recording Industry
Association of America, Inc.
If you're wondering how Collier got caught, look no further than the Swap 'N Shop, 8200 East 63rd Street. That's where FBI agents witnessed Collier selling counterfeit DVDs of movies still in theaters and not available yet on DVD, like World Trade Center. Collier had several tables set up with counterfeited DVDs and CDs of
movies still in theaters and not yet available in stores.
Collier pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement on August 13,
2009. He admitted that he reproduced and distributed copies of movies
and music between August 16, 2006, and March 13, 2009.
So how
much did the MPAA and RIAA lose? The press release from the DOJ claims
Collier's 1,506 counterfeit DVDs cost the MPAA $30,044 and the RIAA
$11,317.
It's nothing compared to the two years of freedom it'll cost Collier
(plus his laptop, DVD burners, CD recorder
and counterfeit DVDs and CDs).
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