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Canadian Movie Pirate ‘maVen’ Dies of Drug Overdose

Geremi Adam, a member of the movie release group ‘maVen’ who was sentenced to two and a half months in prison recently, has died from a suspected drugs overdose. According to his partner, Adam started taking morphine while trying to cope with the stresses of prison life. The signs are that his habit could have killed him.

ripIt is pretty safe to say that in piracy terms, few groups have released ‘telesync’ copies of mainstream movies onto the Internet in the quality and consistency of the group ‘maVen’.

In 2006 all that came to an end when ‘cammer’ Geremi Adam was arrested after he recorded the movies “How to Eat Fried Worms” and “Invincible” at a Montreal movie theater.

Last month that process came to an end when Adams was sentenced to two and a half months in prison. His lawyer had argued for community service because Adam suffered from depression and a troubled childhood, but despite these arguments the prosecution insisted on a prison sentence. That request was granted by the court.

In the end, Adam served 7 days of his sentence but according to Cynthia Laporte, his partner of 2 years, in that time he started taking morphine to cope with his incarceration. He was also taking prescribed anti-depressants and tranquilizers.

Laporte said that Adam had continued using morphine after his release, a habit he tried to hide. On Sunday he was taken ill and an ambulance was called, but it was too late. Just before midnight, Adam – aged just 28 – died from a suspected drugs overdose.

“We had plans,” said Laporte. “Geremi wanted to buy a duplex and move in and have tenants.”

Laporte added that Adam was proud of being the best movie pirate around. Illegality of his activities aside, most people familiar with his work were suitably impressed by his technical achievements which may never be bettered.

It will take one to two weeks for the authorities to establish the exact cause of death.

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  • d luv

    oh fuck….this is what the MPAA does to people

  • Joe

    crazy

  • realitydistort

    RIP maVen

  • Glen@PP

    R.I.P Buddy

  • vbr

    :’)

  • kOrnflake

    sad vary sad

  • ANDY

    R.I.P

  • Adam

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
    KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

  • Simon

    RIP

  • GuyFawkes

    RIAA and MPAA killed this guy. Well done, pigs.

  • juts some guy

    This sucks. We lost someone who took pride in being one of the best people that shared entertainment and information with other human beings.

    He had to serve time in a jail because instead of police and the court system spending man hours prosecuting people for far more heinous crimes we have copyright infringement sentences. Disgusting.
    I am going to starve American artist aristocracy with even less purchases. Currently I purchase no music or movies; and I mean to keep protesting until the entertainment industry is veridical.

  • Doom

    RIP maVen

  • us

    sad, yup

  • anonymous

    what a victory! sent to prison for using a camera. disgraceful! maybe he would still be alive if community service had been given instead. had to have their own way tho’, as usual! i suppose the copyright people will want to make a film of this and claim it as their own.

  • Dc

    Rip and carry on ripping folks !

  • RIP

    RIP MAVEN! What a fucking tradgedy!

  • RIP

    Hope those anti-piracy groups feel good now…….duchebags

  • MPAA

    Piracy Kills.

  • Em

    R.I.P

  • Anonymous

    RIP :((

  • hmmmm

    who to blame for this?
    surely it’s a tragedy,and i think the system is for a big part in it.
    i think we can say that he is the first REAL casualty of the war against piracy,and it shows us how far they are ready to go to protect the rights of these big and rich companies.
    cinema and music industries: THIS SAD DEATH IS ON YOU!!!
    you have just wasted a lot of lives ( his and the peolple surrounding him,directly and undirectly)under the so called protection of your rights.
    you filthy animals deserve to be where he is now…
    r.i.p mate.i hope your sacrifice won’t be in vain.
    long live the war against the big labels:take everything,give nothing back!!!!
    gutted.

  • Anonymous

    You know the MPAA will try and spin this in their favor and launch a “Piracy Kills” campaign!

  • Sendaii

    28 is no age to go for anyone. It’s a scary thought, I’m not even 25 yet and it shows you how quickly your life can be snatched away. I just hope that the entertainment industry is happy, now that they have driven a young man with his whole life ahead of him to his death.

    RIP Adam, I’ll torrent a film in your memory. You will always be remembered by those in the P2P community :(

  • Blackjesus@1337x.org

    R.I.P maVen

    your work will live on

    RIAA and MPAA take note you SCUMBAGS

  • lostmyway

    i hope he found Jesus before he died.. :-(

  • Anonymous

    How is it anyone but his own fault he overdosed, he was doing something illegal got caught couldn’t handle the consequences. Dont get me wrong I illegally download movies and music too. However I am under no delusion that what I am doing is morally right, and in turn I am willing to accept any consequences that come my way. Blaming his drug addiction on the MPAA, RIAA, or the legal system is extremely retarded.

  • Anonymous

    its like blaming fast food because your a fat body who cant control himself

  • g

    A two month sentence doesn’t drive someone to suicide. He apparently had some issues that go beyond anything related to his conviction. I don’t agree with imprisoning people over stuff like this, but insisting that the MPAA is responsible for his death is silly.

  • zzzzzzzzz

    R.I.P maVen

  • hybrid-god

    R.I.P. ! Your legacy lives on!

  • Zush

    Murdered.

  • Anonymous

    The prosecution insisted on the prison sentence, despite being warned that the guy couldn’t take it. IMHO, they have their share of responsibility on what happened. Just because of camcorded movies… A shame, really… Thank you mafiaa…

  • pHo

    I knew Geremi online for quite some time, as he used to provide the sample shots for his work when I updated VCDQuality.com. He was a genuine, funny guy who had a real talent for video, regardless of the legality of how he chose to to display it.

    We used to have fun and post entries up on VCDQ before they pre’d on sites, much to the confusion and anger of the sceners. He didn’t take the game too seriously, and with no uncertainty didn’t deserve this fate.

    I hadn’t spoken to him in a while, but I knew that legal costs were through the roof and he was barely scraping by. I don’t want to turn this into a ‘political’ message, but copying films shouldn’t cost someone their life. They say there’s no such thing as a victimless crime, but in this case the only true victim is Geremi. RIP my friend.

  • Anonymous

    The prosecution insisted on the prison sentence, despite being warned that the guy couldn’t take it. IMHO, they bear their share of responsibility. Just because of camcorded movies… A shame, really… Thank you mafiaa, but I’m not surprised.

  • kingdom rg

    R.I.P

  • Jayb

    Crazy that i was talking about the best men in bittorrent time !!!

    RIP !!

  • Yarick

    Essentially they have created a martyr out of him. Their determination to get the prison time, to make an example of him essentially killed him.

    I hope in turn the studios are sued for essentially causing his death. I wonder how they would like that.

  • BoSNiaN

    enigmax, the title should instead read: “The CRIA kill over Piracy”

    ….

  • Ninja

    RIP man…. RIP.

    Another disgusting fact to attach to your already disgusting image huh MAFIAA? Yes, you can’t blame MAFIAA entirely for this but they could have avoided it by working with their customers instead of going for an Anti-piracy Crusade.

    Shame on you. I do hope you are having trouble sleeping after prosecuting grandmas, moms, kids, printers, war veterans and finally helping killing a man =)

  • d[iO]nysus

    I can’t believe the MPAA would condone– no, ENCOURAGE– the death of this man. They should be held accountable and liable for their part in what should essentially be Negligent Homicide at the least. What a disgusting association of people.

  • Tinsydl

    It is pretty safe to say that in piracy terms, few groups have released ‘telesync’ copies of mainstream movies onto the Internet in the quality and consistency of the group ‘maVen’

    I dunno about you guys but I was looking through one of my hard drives and deleting files and I have stuff from Maven from last year in there on Mininova.

  • Anonymous

    RIP.

    You will be missed.

  • who cares

    it wasn’t the governments fault that this guy turned to abusing morphine.. the guy only served 7 days now almost 4 years later and he never tried to get help for a drug addiction that he supposedly developed in 7 days of incarceration ?

    i dont see how everyone is blaming the government for this guy’s overdose

  • Someone

    RIP man.

  • PLASMARIFLE

    sad that he died but on the other hand he couldnt ”cope” with seven days in jail? he had to turn to drugs? were better off as a species with him gone…shallow gene pool and all.
    see you in hell geremi

  • d[iO]nysus

    @Plasmatroll

    Obvious troll is obvious.

  • Reggit

    Some people are arguing that it wasnt the MPAA & RIAA that caused his death…I mean, obviously the guy had issues, but its prety obvious that if they had just LEFT HIM ALONE he would still be alive today. Poor guy. Illegal or not, he wasnt harming anyone – he didnt deserve this.

    Geremi – ill miss you.

  • copywrong

    R.I.P.

  • Alex

    wow that’s crazy
    rip dude, thanks for rls’

    anyone want lockerz, or demonoid?
    email me at alexmomalex@hushmail.com

  • Reasonable Soul

    Apr 07, 2010 at 01:02 by PLASMARIFLE

    sad that he died but on the other hand he couldnt “cope” with seven days in jail? he had to turn to drugs? were better off as a species with him gone…shallow gene pool and all.
    see you in hell geremi

    That is low plasmatroll. Guys like you are sick.

  • CapnS

    Although it is sad that a person has died from such means you really shouldn’t do the crime if you’re not willing to do the punishment.

    Anyone know if there’s an estate sale for his possessions? I’d like to get my hands on that Autococker he’s holding in that pic… >_>

  • Anonymous

    God bless

  • Soooooooo

    @45 what do u mean doesn’t hurt anyone? people put in investments, their money into making entertainment if they don’t recoup it, it hurts them. if that happens enough no one will invest in making high quality entertainment and will be stuck watching charlie bit my finger or jk wedding on youtube. now sure those vids are better than some of the crap the movie industry makes but surely there some movies that worth while.

  • DeafTone – SecretMyth

    He will be missed, but his name will carry on. It is ridiculous what major corporations get away with. A drug dealer gets 5-20yrs for selling while a CEO can take off with 3 million and get a year. The system is corrupt and always will be, the casualties are countless and major, while the time never matches the crime. I don’t agree with the MPAA being responsible for his death, you have high dollar lawyers and major corporations with a judge or two on their side to blame for that. He will be missed. R.I.P. maVen :(

  • Bert

    How much you want to bet that his drug overdose was given to him by an RIAA and MPAA plant at the jail / prison to send a message to us all that this is what happens to cammers…?? RIP brother…

  • Anonymous

    @24 anonytroll

    1. obvious troll is obvious…
    2. the mpaa/riaa/maffia thugs caused him to end up there by insisting on jail time essentially they drove him to his end.
    3. the maffia thugs have now invited the same upon themselves. its only a matter of time before one of them ends up dead and i wont be mourning them either…

  • cwrw

    May Your God Be With You
    RIP maVen

  • Mr.ICE

    Rest in Peace Adam

  • lol

    uhh come on guys get serious.. i am as pro P2P as they come but you cant blame the RIAA fags for this..

    you take drugs you take drugs.. you cant blame everything in your life on other shit.. come on thats a slippery slope.

    you can argue that ‘if he had never gone to jail mabye he would still be alive’.. but you could also argue that if he never got caught, we would never know he existed, and he could of started taking drugs anyway and died in silence of the media.

  • Urzas

    RIP and thx

  • Anonymous

    He was probably killed by a Mossad agent defending Hollywood’s interests.

  • Anon

    RIP my heart goes out to his loved ones in this difficult time.

  • ytb

    RIP – we shall forever seed

  • Anonymous

    Rip – I enjoyed / will enjoy many good quality torrents because of you.

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  • Taylor

    As a Canadian I’m saddened by how the law was upheld here. The court should have taken the defenses advice. maVen should have been given something in accordance to community service hours and treatment for his depression. Clearly a prison sentence was not a suitable punishment. I’m not saying he should have been let off scott free but, prison was the wrong choice.

  • duane

    This is what happens when you take an ORDINARY PERSON, just like any one of us –not a hardened criminal by any means– and throw him in prison for a crime as petty and ridiculous as “stealing” a movie.

    I’d go as far as to call him a martyr. RIP.

  • Anonymous

    R.I.P Mate you will always be remembered

  • Anonymous

    Entertainment made by cartels kills.

  • RIP

    A true hero.

  • Anonymous

    RIP maVen, your work will live on forever. A true hero, you and your work will live on forever in our hearts, god bless man.

  • TC

    Not for nothing but that is a chicken shit way to go about things. Sure he helped the cause but spending a week in jail certainly doesn’t lead to death. IMHO this guy just needed to suck it up and take the tampon out.

  • Torin050

    R.I.P. You were a true pirate.

    @9 I thought the exact same thing while I read this. But I guarantee they don’t care. We’re nothing but criminals that take their precious money.

    @69 Come on, seriously? This guy is dead and he isn’t coming back. That’s a low that I hoped I’d never witness. “Sure he helped the cause…” You’re talking like we are a rebellion, what the hell?

  • Traum

    for @69 you dont understand word “depression”, that thing is not under your control, with that thing it will control and you just want that it go away and its very easy push ill people over the Edge.

    Nice work MafRIAA, you got nothing and your victim escaped.

  • Goodnightsweetprince

    RIP maVen

  • J

    I find it hilarious how some of you guys are saying he’ll always be remembered by P2P community. Let me tell you something, maVen was SCENE group. Back in 2006 scene was still respectable place, not like now. You all torrent and p2p leeches destroyed it.

  • Jo Manny

    Wow that really sucks man. RIP bro, RIP

    anon-resources.at.tc

  • CCC

    I not too sure if his death is because of Mpaa fault . this is because he is arrested before and been watch , he still continue record movie at theater .

  • Larry

    Mpaa are killers and need to be brought to justice. It will not happen in real courts, it has to be on the streets.

  • ptsick

    so sad..

  • TRYER

    Didn’t know 7 days in jail is considered a prison life? Lucky he did serve those 2 and a half months.

    Pretty stupid to get addicted to drugs over that.

  • Gargamel

    R.I.P MaVen. I enjoyed many of your works.

    As for this
    -
    73 Apr 07, 2010 at 06:12 by J

    I find it hilarious how some of you guys are saying he’ll always be remembered by P2P community. Let me tell you something, maVen was SCENE group. Back in 2006 scene was still respectable place, not like now. You all torrent and p2p leeches destroyed it.”
    -

    I’m glad we destroyed it you elitist
    fuk.

  • Grok

    A true victim of an incompetent court’s ignorant ruling. The judge should get the death penalty, or at least be disbarred. Maybe both.

  • Unauthorized Content Consumer

    Wow. Such a young life literally snuffed out just so movie executives and lawyers could make more money. Talk about being a martyr.

    I hope someone makes a movie about him and cuts it loose on the internet. This would be a great gesture in his memory so many others will know about his life and the contribution he made to the file sharing communities around the world.

    I am now downloading as much torrents as I can and sharing them in his memory.

  • antiantipiracy.blogspot.com

    Adieu Gérémie :(

  • CDXX

    Rest in peace, brother.

  • Anonymous

    MAFIAA truly lives up to it’s name.

  • Anonymous

    RIP maVen
    RIP Scene
    i mean scene became a shitty place after 2006!

  • Øystein Jakobsen

    What everyone here must realise is that the application of law is the application of force. You could also use the word violence. The ultimate result of law enforcement is violence – even parking tickets.

    This is one of the reasons one must be extremely cautious about passing legislation that criminalizes the entire populace. One can’t rely on the good nature of the police not to put “everyone” behind bars, or rely on the judges to make exceptions where the law don’t make sence.

    The law is the real problem, not the MPAA. Blame spineless politicians instead, make them pay for siding with the media industry and force them to change the law!

  • Yellow Shield

    -1 for the Canadian Judge. Prison time does not equate a simple camming’ charge.

    -1 for the Government of Canada for not making the internet a more open and free place.

    +1 maVen. +1.

  • Cujo

    that is sad ,, ok u guys ,, lets not let his loss die in vain ,, stick it to the corperate flunkies ,, fuck the guy was just doing a little sharing ,, fuckin sad …

  • JRS

    RIP

  • mess2d

    RIP

  • Wikimania

    Is is possible/legal for somebody to edit wikipedia pages and put torrent links in them?

  • Thraprod

    I have to wonder what is going through the minds of those who ‘insisted’ upon the jail time after being WARNED that he was unstable and that it wouldn’t go well. They should have at least come to some sort of compromise, institution properly equipped and trained to handle such people. THAT is why they should feel guilty of murdering him. Crime or not, even murderers who are mentally unstable tend to go to the mental ward first. These assholes tossed him away, perfectly aware that it may kill him.

  • Black Swan Social Media, Inc.

    RIP, dude, martyr or not.

  • z0mg

    R.I.P.

    Are you happy now?!

  • Gandalf

    R.I.P.

    RIAA & MPAA KILLS!

    Thery’re the ones that should die!

  • meh…

    R.I.P man

  • Zoom

    R.I.P. maVen

  • Stekkz

    R.I.P :)

  • Anonymous

    Congratulations media industry. You have killed a person. You must be sooooooooo proud of yourselves. Especially since in the mean time piracy goes on, same as always.

  • dannyboy

    +.+R.I.P.+.+

    and a big FUCK YOU, to MPAA/RIAA!!

  • DeltaPan

    There must have been more to his addiction to Heroin than just 7 days jail and the process of arrest to prison.

    There are bound to be personal elements to this which entrenched him into wanting to obscure his perceptions of reality.

    but those should have been recognised by those closest to him, but i think they were as it’s said his legal said he wouldn’t handle the jail term, however short it was, it means something was obviously really messing with his head, if his legal team asserted that the courts should have listened.

    Plenty of weed in Canada, instead of staying with smack, he should have obtained a decent source of heavy medicinal strength Indica, it would have been as effective an emotional pain killer as smack but he wouldn’t have overdosed on it and the way Cannabis works neurochemically it would have worked to control and kill the addiction to the Heroin when he got out, this is well researched and a lesson to anybody else who falls into a Heroin habit, switch to Cannabis with high CBD/CBN content, an Indica, it will help kill the potentially fatal Heroin addiction.

    I am compassionate to this guy taking his life, purposefully or accidentally, but he was obviously a deeply troubled man and it wasn’t just his doing 7 days in jail which caused it, more it was the straw that broke that camels back and perhaps those closest to him should have ensured he was getting some therapy for underlying dynamics not hiding things and essentially enabling him which is obviously the case as there’s no mention of psychiatric therapy he’d been compelled to engage with, if he had he may have coped better.

    Whatever the case, Don’t Use Heroin!

    Variances in purity when dosing can lead to overdoses, a mad 5 minutes can compel to overdose and once it’s in you there’s no turning back unless medics pump Naloxone into you fast enough, but then you’ve got to be found and got to a hospital fast enough and that doesn’t happen usually.

    If you need to use a drug to hide from life, use heavy Indica Cannabis, as opposed to mildly sedative Indica’s or any Sativa’s which are stimulant/psychedelic (although antidepressant strains sound like they’d have done him the world of good also, compared to using Smack) if this guy did so, he’d still be alive, Heroin can and does kill, Cannabis cannot.

    But it is a tragic waste of life, for sure.

    May the goddess guide his spirit.

    Peace.

  • volt

    Rip

  • Anonymous

    “you really shouldn’t do the crime if you’re not willing to do the punishment.”

    I will not argue this, but I will add to it and say that the punishment has to fit the crime. In this case I fully believe it did *not* fit the crime. They insisted on a jail sentence despite being warned otherwise. For that, this death is on them. As others have said, the industry wanted to make an example of maVen. Well, they did. But another one than what they intended.

  • ERwyn

    R.i.P

  • Sasha

    Rest In Peace Geremi Adam

    You´ll Never Walk Alone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtKqTY7iYM&feature=related

  • phishybongwaters

    Ok this is sad, and he really didn’t need to die like that, but…

    “his technical achievements which may never be bettered”

    WHAT? He was a cammer, he sat in a theater and cammed movies, what technical achievement? Actually framing the shot? Finding a decent angle to shoot from?

    none of that is a “technical achievement”. What, he put a piece of tape over the red light on his cam?

    Get over it

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  • Artemis

    R.I.P.

    Tu ejemplo vive. Tu ideas perduran.

  • Anonymous

    Death is probably better than american prisons (even for a limited time) and living trying to pay some astronomic bill.

  • Anonymous

    He was truly an hero.

    Now go on and spread some fucking 0′s and 1′s!

  • hrm

    small ripples cause big waves unfortunately, rip~

  • PonK

    R.I.P my friend

  • Mpaa

    We did not kill him. He chose to use illegal substances, he chose to became addicted to morphine after only 7 days in jail. This guy was mentally unstable only 7 days in jail and he chose to become an addict, he had a weak mind. He committed a crime and should have been sentenced longer.

  • kingpin007

    I think scene groups should send their thoughts of MaVen in any releases they do for the rest of the month in nfo’s.. I am sure he wouldn’t mind the respect of the p2p community with him being mentioned in their nfo’s.

    just to show respect ..

    His work was on par with centropy and saosin … if better.

  • Anonymous

    The vast majority of people here have to face reality. As *evil* as corporations are, no one is to blame for Geremi’s death but Geremi.

    He was depressed before any charges, and chose morphine as a coping mechanism for a WEEK in jail. (Didn’t Paris Hilton do a week?)

    While it’s legitimate to argue that his crime didn’t warrant any jail time, it’s ludicrous to see that jail time as anything more than one factor among many that contributed to his death.

    It’s a sad case, but he is not a martyr for anything, and its embarrassing to see how quickly some people are to distort the facts in the name of knocking the mpaa.

  • some one

    MAFIAA kill pirates that what this is!!

  • final justice

    a thief is a thief ,good ridance

  • Nobody

    We live in a world where the creative and genius folk are beaten down to the point of this.

    RIP

  • Anonymous

    @106

    Spoken like a true noob. A telesync is different from a cam. It’s much higher quality and filmed with a broadcast quality camera. Usually they have the cinema room to themselves so that has to be arranged. If it was so easy there would be telesyncs of similar quality today.

  • Anonymous

    you shouldn’t call people noobs when you are wrong. a telesync is just a cam with direct audio

  • LOL

    @118

    Bahahahahah!

    Actually, you’re the true noob. The only difference between a telesync and a cam is that a TS has a direct audio source which doesn’t come from the cam mic. The fact that most decent TS’s are filmed in an empty cinema with a decent cam is incidental.

    Next time you rip on someone make sure you know what the f*ck you’re talking about first – otherwise you just look like a noob retard.

  • RIP MA\/EN

    R.I.P. You will be missed. May you find peace and tranquility where you are now.

  • Whatever

    @101 So which of the following do you concider herion ?
    - “prescribed anti-depressants and tranquilizers”
    - “morfine”

  • TC

    @72 @73 I know what depression is since I have had it myself. What it is and I think it’s a crock, people can help themselves by changing themselves. No, he isn’t coming back but I refuse to feel bad because he couldn’t handle it.

    We are a rebellion in the fact that there is no alternative to what the consumer wants and needs in this digital world.

  • Media Crow

    R.I.P

  • abnormal_standard

    I’m not happy to say this, but at least the noise that this news brings about what’s going on is helpful to the cause

  • JQM

    RIP.

  • gorehound

    RIP
    Let us do something and boycott MPAA.RIAA
    This man should not ever have been given a jail sentence.Depression and other issues should have been noted but we know that the entertainment industry doesnot care about us at all except our wallets.

  • arse

    RIP bro. We’ll keep on fighting this war against the pigs. Fuck RIAA/MPAA!

  • Nigol

    For Clarification, He didn’t just do 7 days. He did the whole 2 1/2 month. But because he was already in Jail when the verdict was pass, the time he already did was counted in the 2 month. SO he only had 1 week left to do.

    Also he may be to blame for is drug use, I would like to see some of you with all the pressure this has on somebodies nerves and trying to cope with it.

    Having to pay lawyers (The real thieves in this world) and having your life in the hands of people who don’t know the difference between their mouth and the asses (all they say is bullshit anyway), being in jail with murderers and the likes. Being labeled a criminal for something that was only a hobby. All that would break anyone.

    So before saying it was is fault and he couldn’t face only a week in jail (get your fact straight) and try to be more helpful. Because if he had more support in the first place, instead of bashing on him, that wouldn’t have happened in the first place.

  • Trelew

    This guy would of gotten community service for the so-called “crime” he did. Unfortunately the Crown was egged on by Big Business to make an example of him.

    So despite being told, repeatedly, that this person was not in shape, mentally, to deal with the stress of prison sentence; did so anyways. Sadly, I don’t think the Crown will learn from this, and I know that Big Business will not give a damn, cause to the corporate suits we are just expendable.

  • WormSlayer

    Fuck… Fuck… FUCK THE MPAA!

  • cradle from winmx

    RIP man…. RIP.

  • Ur Idiots

    You guys are a bunch of idiots for blaming the MPAA on this guy’s death. He died because he was mentally unbalanced and a drug abuser. End of story. And as for his being busted and going to jail…hey, stealing is stealing. Do the crime do the time.

  • by LOL

    thats right
    you Do the crime.. you got do the time.

  • silversurfer

    R.I.P

  • glish

    watched plenty of those releases. Thanks to you. Appreciated.

  • BASiQ

    What a bunch of douches… maVen should of never been sentenced to Prison in the first place. Sharing of “digital” files should NEVER get someone sent to prison. Thanks to these assholes, I will increase my uploading and cease from paying for any movies henceforth.

    Fucking MPAA is definitely to blame for his death, no question about it in my mind. They will not get any more of my money to fund their lunacy.

  • Beware!

    He injected himself with Morphine
    Ergo: He overdosed & killed himself, no-one else.

    He injected

  • RIP

    R.I.P

    My condolenses to his friends and family..

  • kernel panic

    R.I.P.

  • Snowgoon

    RIP bro. My shot glass raises to you.

  • d4rknetz

    @114

    U can’t compare an uploader with an assassin omfg

  • AnonymousScener

    I also had the oppurtunity to work with geremi for a number of years. despite being an insane frenchman with the attitude of a total prick, he was a sincere and genuine guy who was probably the most talented movie pirate of the past 20 years. We can credit a number of works from Centropy, maVen, VideoCD etc to him directly, and they were all pristine.

    A soul lost to soon. As much as I Didnt see eye to eye with geremi, I certainly didnt see or expect this coming. When I opened the paper and saw an article this morning about it, it made me very very sad.

    RIP Geremi Adams….Those who really knew you will be missing you more then we have the past 2-3 years.

  • anòN

    RIP~

    MPAA nazis

  • Anonymous

    Descanse em Paz (R.I.P.)

  • Trixx

    RIAA and MPAA kills
    RIP
    we’ll keep a light on for you.

    support your local piracy group.

  • Anonymous

    “I am going to starve American artist aristocracy with even less purchases. Currently I purchase no music or movies; and I mean to keep protesting until the entertainment industry is veridical.”

    I’m doing the same. I even stopped going to the cinema. Unless they stop arresting people for doing non-profit downloads or uploads, I won’t purchase a single movie or music.

    This is the most effective protest we can do against them.

  • dta

    “I am going to starve American artist aristocracy with even less purchases. Currently I purchase no music or movies; and I mean to keep protesting until the entertainment industry is veridical.”

    I’m doing the same. I even stopped going to the cinema. Unless they stop arresting people for doing non-profit downloads or uploads, I won’t purchase a single movie or music.

    This is the most effective protest we can do against them.

  • Anon y mouse6

    MPAA had something to do with his death.

    Scum bags!!!!

  • gnomeuser

    You simply do not put a non-violent person with known instability into such an environment. Given that he is already depressed and adding that he is faced with what to a person with such problems must seem a bleak future due to the financial costs he incurred. It is nothing short of irresponsible, the courts drove him to seek an escape with the full knowledge and foresight of this likely progression. He may have been a criminal but he paid with his life, nothing he did should carry that price tag.

    Today I weep for a man I never knew but one with whom I share the bonds of year long depression. I know if I was in the same situation like him I would seek a similar escape, to numb my pain and fears. It is only natural, it is to be expected and it should have, an could been prevented.

    Big content did not kill him, but they put a desperate man in a desperate situation, within reach of unclean drugs. They certainly primed the circumstances for his demise and they should be ashamed.

  • truth

    My thoughts go to his family and friends.

  • Strader

    maVen

    Legend

    RIP

  • Anon

    Poor bastard’s life was pretty much ruined, considering the fucking ridiculous damages he was ordered/going to be ordered to pay now he was out of jail. Not surprising he started on downers and OD’d.

    People are punished way too harshly for this kind of thing. 75 days in jail for a first offense? That’s ridiculous. You wouldn’t get that if you stole from a store.

  • TheGeneral

    its no longer a secret.. the corporations have formally declared war and have drawn first blood.. it now remains to be seen if we, the free, can hold their own against this unholy alliance of Mammon-worshiping forces. Rise up and deny the enemy their lifeblood!

  • rb

    We’ll never forget you.
    RIP maVen, best pirate ever.

  • Anonymous

    First murder victim of the Hollywood Jüden

  • 6sixty6

    The RIAA and MPAA did not cause his death. He died because he was mentally unbalanced and a drug abuser. He got busted for camming. Stealing is stealing. Do the crime do the time.

  • ‘sup

    Where did he download his drugs from?

  • shawners

    Quality isnt their strong suits.. They had tons of bs stuff, and rarely released something that didnt get nuked.
    http://orlydb.com/?q=maven

  • anon

    R.I.P maVen.

  • joe

    R.I.P

  • Anonymous

    I feel that MPAA, RIAA, and whoever are like that should be held accountable for being just simple accessories for acts like this.

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  • grimreaper

    R.I.P good friend will be missed by all

    its a sad day to all that knew him

  • Knarf

    The greedy fuckers got his blood, hope their happy.

  • jay

    i say lets fill the net up wil his stuff to all you who say he did this to him self f##k you

    show to all we will not die upload all you can find thats maVen ( mVs )

    hold the seed your files will never die bro you knew and my site all i can find will be there

    RIP mVs forever

  • anon

    Good riddance, that loser deserves everything he got, he had it coming.

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  • JoHN

    R.I.P. Mate …

  • Anonymous

    Gone but never forgotten.

    R.I.P. Great warrior of the underground..

  • Anonymous

    maVen.2010.RLRIP-MPAA

  • Mad.Sr

    R.I.P maVen

  • Oscar

    Holy shit..

  • No Mercy

    RIP!

  • MMohsen89

    R.I.P m8

    Go to hell RIAA and MPAA

  • jayand

    sadly missed group and very sad loss R.I.P
    lets hope theres a scene in the afterlife

  • raddy

    nickname on irc?

  • TaterBugzy

    R.I.P Geremi Adam and thanks very much for your hard work damn RIAA, MPAA PIGs they should all put in jail for the cause of this death.

  • Anonymous

    25 Apr 06, 2010 at 23:50 by lostmyway

    i hope he found Jesus before he died.. :-(

    Man i sure hope so he would be the first one to find him, people been looking for him for over 2000 year and still no succes.

  • Slaytanic

    This was the first bullet
    2012 Jan 1st all hackers attack the systems take control and overthrow
    meet up on mirc
    speak and talk about plans then exe them we control the water the electric and anything you hook up to it there not in power it’s time we show them who is

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