The first 3D pirate acquitted
A British court acquitted Birmingham City University student to one Ciprian Florea, who was accused of intending to perform a pirated filming of the film "Gravity" in a 3D format using a specially made device.
Cyprian, a 28-year-old student at the camera department, had got two high-resolution cameras a day before his planned visit to the blockbuster. Having built with them some kind of 3D camera (apparently, it was a box with two holes for lenses), the young man, hanging his device on his chest, went to the cinema, where he was detained by a security officer who confiscated the “camera” and handed it along with the owner of the police. Thus, Cyprian really did not even have time to start shooting the first "3D screen".
However, he was charged with intent to commit fraud, by illegally recording a 3D film with a view to disseminating, which Cyprian, of course, denied, saying that he only intended to shoot his friends in his 3D camera accidentally turned up at the cinema.
"3D-pirate" Cyprian Florea
')
Despite the opposition of the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) organization, which was on the side of the prosecution, the court found Mr. Florea not guilty of fraudulent actions, arguing something like this: a copy of Gravity, even if it were recorded and posted on the Internet, could be the basis for a copyright infringement case, but not a fraud. In FACT insisted that the appearance in the cinema with a special device for shooting (even so specific), is already proof of criminal intent.
Although Cyprian himself is pleased with how everything turned out, it is worth recalling that the charges of piracy do not always end so cloudlessly: one Philip Danks was sentenced to 33 months in prison for illegally recording and further publishing on the Fast and Furious 6 torrent tracker.
[ Source ]
Cyprian, a 28-year-old student at the camera department, had got two high-resolution cameras a day before his planned visit to the blockbuster. Having built with them some kind of 3D camera (apparently, it was a box with two holes for lenses), the young man, hanging his device on his chest, went to the cinema, where he was detained by a security officer who confiscated the “camera” and handed it along with the owner of the police. Thus, Cyprian really did not even have time to start shooting the first "3D screen".
However, he was charged with intent to commit fraud, by illegally recording a 3D film with a view to disseminating, which Cyprian, of course, denied, saying that he only intended to shoot his friends in his 3D camera accidentally turned up at the cinema.
"3D-pirate" Cyprian Florea
')
Despite the opposition of the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) organization, which was on the side of the prosecution, the court found Mr. Florea not guilty of fraudulent actions, arguing something like this: a copy of Gravity, even if it were recorded and posted on the Internet, could be the basis for a copyright infringement case, but not a fraud. In FACT insisted that the appearance in the cinema with a special device for shooting (even so specific), is already proof of criminal intent.
Although Cyprian himself is pleased with how everything turned out, it is worth recalling that the charges of piracy do not always end so cloudlessly: one Philip Danks was sentenced to 33 months in prison for illegally recording and further publishing on the Fast and Furious 6 torrent tracker.
[ Source ]
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/288302/
All Articles