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Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Posting "24" Television Show on Internet Prior
to First Broadcast on Fox
7/5/07 A Chicago man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge
for posting the first four episodes of this season’s "24" on the Internet before
they were originally aired on the Fox television network earlier this year.
Jorge Romero, 25, admitted that he uploaded the first two episodes of this
season’s "24" to the LiveDigital.com website on January 6 – eight days before it
was broadcast on Fox. Romero also admitted uploading the second two episodes of
"24" to the same website on January 7. Romero further admitted that, after
uploading the episodes, he publicized the uploads by providing links on other
publicly available sites, including Digg.com. Fox broadcast the first four
episodes of "24" on January 14 and 15, and subsequently released the
four-episode season premier on DVD.
The case began when Fox employees saw the yet-to-be released episodes on
LiveDigital.com prior to the release date. After investigators determined that
the accounts used to upload the episodes were assigned to Romero and his family,
law enforcement agents obtained a search warrant for Romero’s home. During the
search, agents seized a computer on which they found evidence that Romero
uploaded the stolen materials. The agents also interviewed Romero, who
acknowledged his role in the scheme.
Fox has reported that its losses from this infringement exceeded $4 million.
Romero pleaded guilty to uploading copyrighted material to a publicly accessible
computer network knowing the work was intended for commercial distribution, a
felony that carries a statutory maximum sentence of three years in federal
prison.
Romero pleaded guilty before United States District Judge
Stephen V. Wilson, who is scheduled to sentence the defendant on September 10.
This case is the result of an investigation by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
