Friday, April 29, 2011

I guess that piracy notice has teeth ...

You know, the notice at the start of VHS and DVD movies that presents the FBI warning?

Check it out...

The FBI has raided the Los Angeles apartment of a Screen Actors Guild member the bureau believes was first to upload the Oscar-winning movie The King’s Speech as well as Black Swan, and other in-theater-only films to the Pirate Bay in January, according to interviews and sealed court records obtained by Wired.com.

The Tuesday raid of Wes DeSoto’s apartment came months after the guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences both lauded The King’s Speech with top-acting and top-picture awards.

At least it wasn't our Hollywood-located pal Scott St. James ...