Actor Must Pay &#36;309,600 in Film Piracy Case
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Warner Bros. has secured a &#36;309,600 judgment against an actor for allegedly making promotional "screener" copies of "The Last Samurai" and "Mystic River" available for bootleg DVD copying and unauthorized Internet trading, the studio said Tuesday.
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A Hollywood man accused  of using a video camcorder to record movies has been sentenced  to seven years in federal prison.
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Federal prosecutors contend a businessman known for pledging money to help track down criminals has pocketed $3.2 million of income over the past several years while not paying federal taxes since 2000.
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LOS ANGELES  - A Hollywood man accused of using a video camcorder to record movies has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison.
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Actor Gary Busey walked into court and handed over a check for &#36;30,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing him of falling behind on the rent for his Malibu house, court officials said.
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Hollywood's major movie studios said they won a &#36;23.8 million judgment against a California company and its Malaysian owner for operating a Web site that charged customers to download illegally copied movies.
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A former sales chief at CA Inc. has agreed to pay $29.7 million in restitution after pleading guilty last year to criminal charges.
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Michael Jackson is ordered to pay $60,000 (Â£32,000) in legal fees to his ex-wife Deborah Rowe.
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The actor-singer-composer has signed three movies.
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Nathan Peterson, a 26-year-old California man who pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement last December, has been sentenced to serve more than seven years in prison.
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A California man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison and ordered to pay $5.4 million in restitution for selling pirated software online.
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A writer seeks $5m (Â£2.79m) damages after alleging Sony stole the idea for Jennifer Lopez film Enough.
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Federal prosecutors contend a businessman known for pledging money to help track down criminals has pocked $3.2 million of income over the past several years while not paying federal taxes since 2000.
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A Florida man who made millions of dollars selling illegal copies of computer programs was sentenced Friday to six years in prison in one of the nation's largest software piracy cases.
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Only days after being hit with a $3.8 million bill by a gay porn producer, a Hollywood gallery is now seeking payment from the pop star for an outstanding debt.
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A Kansas City man bilked investors out of $360,000 (180,000 pounds) by claiming he had syndication rights to U.S. television lifeguard drama &quot;Baywatch&quot; and help from star David Hasselhoff, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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The 68-year-old actor is suing an ex-girlfriend, claiming that she&#39;s threatening to falsely accuse him of domestic violence and drug abuse if he doesn&#39;t pay her millions of dollars in extortion.