The entertainment cartels have successfully elevated the act of copying a movie to the level of a major federal crime and Curtis Salisbury, 19, has the distinction of becoming the first victim.

On Monday, Salisbury admitted using a camcorder to tape movies in a St Louis, Missouri, theater and distributing the results online, says CNET News.

“When Salisbury worked in the box office of a theater, he and others entered the projection booth after-hours and used a camcorder and audio recorder to tape ‘The Perfect Man’ and ‘Bewitched’ in June,” according to a plea agreement, says the story, going on that Salisbury appears to have been the first person prosecuted under the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (FECA), approved in April.
Transgressors can be fined up to $250,000 whether or not any downloading actually takes place.
Via p2pnet.net