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Studio Worker is Facing 3 Years in Prison for Leaking ‘The Revenant’

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Former studio crew member is now facing three years in Federal after leaking ‘The Revenant'

A former studio crew member has agreed to plead guilty to copyright infringement for illegally sharing a screener version of  six days before the movie premiered in December.

According to the U.S. Attorney's office, the uploading cost 20th Century Fox over $1 million in revenue. According to reports, this is what happened: William Kyle Morarity obtained the screener while working at a movie studio. He copied the movie and uploaded it to a BitTorrent website called Pass the Popcorn.

According to the FBI, which investigated the case, more than a million downloaded the film. Morarity also agreed to plead guilty to doing the same thing involving a screener of The Peanuts Movie.

“As ceremony this weekend highlights, the industry is the economic cornerstone of the Central District of California,” said U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker. “Therefore, my office is committed to protecting its intellectual property. The defendant's conduct harmed the very industry that was providing his livelihood as well as the livelihood of others in .”

The assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles field office said: “Stealing is not a victimless . The FBI will continue to pursue those who steal intellectual property, a crime that negatively impacts the U.S. economy and, in the case of a movie leak, victimizes everyday workers in the .”

He now faces a maximum of three years in a federal prison.

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