X-Men Origins Pirate Draws a 1-Year Sentence

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from geek.com: "In 2009, a copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine found its way on to Megaupload a month before it was due to appear in movie theaters. The so-called 'workprint' copy was unfinished — so unfinished in fact, anyone viewing this copy saw green screens and wires attached to actors used to help with the more acrobatic movements during action scenes. Hugh Jackman even commented on the leak, describing it as like getting a 'Ferrari without a paint job.' The person who decided to share the movie illegally was tracked down, however. He is a 49-year-old New Yorker by the name of Gilberto Sanchez, and he's just been prosecuted." The New York Times' 2010 interview with Sanchez is a good read, too.

Re:Ferrari without a paint job

[mark_elf]

If only you had been there, he would be a free man today. In fact, the film probably was better without all that sterile, fake looking animation.

Re:lesson learned, don't upload stolen movies

[trdrstv]

I think the punishment here is perhaps disproportionate, but I agree with the sentiment.

It could of been worse. He could of been forced to watch the movie repeatedly through his 1 year sentence; thankfully the 8th amendment prevents that.

Re:Ferrari without a paint job

[ifiwereasculptor]

The movie butchered so many comic book back stories that it was incredibly painful to watch even after "the paint was applied."

Tell me about it. Not only this guy, but every distributor of that crap should be jailed for unleashing such an atrocity. I saw it on TV and still felt like demanding my money back.

Re:Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison

[sconeu]

And they all moved away from him over on the Group W bench....

Re:lesson learned, don't upload stolen movies

[YrWrstNtmr]

It could of been worse. He could of been forced to watch the movie repeatedly through his 1 year sentence; thankfully the 8th amendment prevents that.

Similarly, he could have been forced to read your tortured sentence structure repeatedly.

Re:lesson learned, don't upload stolen movies

[jd2112]

Just one year? The studios lost TRILLIONS of dollars due this guy. If he hadn't released the unfinished film they would have been able to finish the film properly and would have been the greatest and most successful film of ALL TIME! Instead they had to cut their losses and release a half-assed attempt of a movie. It's all HIS fault!!!

Re:obligatory

[Anonymous Coward]

Does somebody pay fucktards to post idiotic shit like this?? or are that that many inbred red-necks online?

Re:Ferrari without a paint job

[hal2814]

At least your favorite Marvel character isn't Deadpool. If that were a decent Deadpool adaptation, then his Common Sense would've started tingling and he would've gotten the hell out of that shitty excuse for a movie.