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Illegal camcording leads to prison


December 04, 2006 A Hollywood man accused of using a video camcorder to record movies has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison. Johnny Ray Gasca was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson after a jury found him guilty of three misdemeanor counts of copyright infringement related to his covert use of a camcorder in movie theaters.

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