Man jailed for 33 months over illegal Film copying

[joe_bloggs*]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/22/man-jailed-illegal-copies-fast-and-furious

A 25-year-old man has been jailed after filming Fast and Furious 6 in a cinema and selling copies of the movie on Facebook.

Wolverhampton crown court heard that in May last year, Philip Danks used a camcorder to record the film on its release day, before uploading it the following day. The UK release date was also the first time the film was released anywhere in the world, and it was downloaded more than 700,000 times from Danks's Facebook page.

Yes he was naughty,but 33 months? People get suspended sentences for violent crimes surely a lot worse,I think he should appeal

[bankhaunter]

Whether or not it was a lengthy sentence could depend on what a person thinks about theft.

Obviously that particular character didn't take it seriously.

[al**bear]

Bankers/Traders get less for crimes worth £billions

and I'd be asking the prosecution to prove, that anyone who downloaded/watched the film, would have definately went to a cinema to watch it or would have bought the DVD. In my apperal

[al**bear]

^^^^in my appeal ^^^^

[lambsy_uk]

Some people here don't seem to take such crime very seriously which is precisely why we need tough measures to change attitudes!!!

[papko]

How damaging are vioolent crimes though ?

 Who is impacted apart from them doing the fighting ?

If you commit Armed robbery you should get 5 years minimum 

 But a couple of druggies fighting over a tenner ? 

 The chap copying the film was doing damge to the Film indusrty , which  employs thousand sof peopel in the UK

 if they cant make a profit , or are run to a loss , then that affects society massively

 The sentence is  meant to deter ,.

[paul4757]

A disgraceful sentence you can get less for being a paedophile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28981200

[lambsy_uk]

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@paul4757 wrote:

A disgraceful sentence you can get less for being a paedophile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28981200

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Then it is the sentence for the sexual assualt theat is questionable!

BTW there is no suggestion in that report that the man is a paedophile, you shouldn't need to use hype to make a point!

[paul4757]

Not a Paedophile?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-25470965

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23823669

And the first first sentence of original link I posted

A teacher who secretly recorded himself sexually assaulting boys at a public school has had his sentence cut.

Where's the hype?