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Prisoner Convicted Of Copyright Infringement Shown Pirated Movies In Prison

• Jonathan Turley

Richard Humphrey, 26, of North Ridgeville, Ohio was sentenced to 29 months in prison for selling pirated copies of movies in 2010. Once in prison, Humphrey was a bit surprised when he sat with other prisonsoners watching clearly pirated movies shown by the state. One can certainly understand his confusion, particularly when it came out that prison officials had knowingly used pirated movies like "Ride Along" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" before they were released on DVD....


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