World Leader in Movie Piracy Flees from the Mounties
Written by enigmax on February 12, 2008Last month we reported that Geremi Adam, producer of some of the highest quality pirate movie copies ever seen on the Internet, had been caught and had been ordered to appear in court in January. Adam, aka ‘maVen’ had other ideas - and has disappeared.
Between 2004 and 2006, Geremi Adam, delighted the movie piracy scene with some of the highest quality Telesync movies ever seen. From ‘The Bourne Supremacy’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ through to ‘Spongebob Squarepants’ and plenty of other titles, the work of ‘maVen’ set a very high standard for quality pirated movies.
Following an FBI investigation into ‘maVen’, his file was handed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in April 2006. By September of the same year, Geremi Adam was arrested by police outside a Montreal theater after ‘camming’ the movies ‘How to Eat Fried Worms’ and ‘Invincible’. They seized his laptop and other equipment but later released him. A month later he was arrested again outside another theater.
Facing a $25,000 fine and six months in jail, Geremi Adam was ordered to appear in court on 30th January. Clearly unimpressed by the prospect of being locked up and/or bankrupted, he failed to appear in court and has gone on the run.
“We have a warrant and the police officers will try to find Mr. Adam,” said federal prosecutor Yacine Agnaou in a statement. “When he is found, he will be mandated to appear in court.”
Meanwhile, outside the court a demonstration was taking place by a group calling themselves ‘Hors-d-Oeuvre’ who say that ‘maVen’ is being unfairly treated and that all media should be available on the Internet for free. “Free Geremi!” they chanted in unison.
Fortunately for Adam, he committed the alleged offenses before new tough legislation was introduced to punish movie cammers caught in Canada. He will likely escape the severe punishment of 2 years in prison, a fate awaiting fellow cammer, Louis-Rene Hache. RCMP Staff Sgt. Noel St-Hilaire said: “Unfortunately at the time there was no legislation that forbid anyone from filming in a cinema. There’s not much we could do then other than issue a warning.”
Although not turning up at court is likely to inflame the situation, it’ll be interesting to see if the mounties are prepared to put any serious effort into ‘getting their man’ in this instance.
More photographs from outside the court house are available, thanks to burns1de
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Hopefully he can stay “underground” until movies are free to download.
If that ever happens. =/
Good luck to you, maVen… =]
good luck
I know an older guy in Canada who has over 50 lifetime offenses including selling drugs and has never been sent to prison. Even if you come back now it’s hard to imagine you’ll go to prison in Canada for this? Maybe Maven should just dress like a bum (like the older guy a know) and they won’t want to though him in prison either (wouldn’t want to be giving out free food & shelter to someone who wants it!)
maVen,head to the west coast an stay in the larger cities,(e.g.Vancouver,Victoria)the R.C.M.P. have bigger problems to deal with there, you should have no problem “disappearing into the crowd” in B.C.DONT HEAD EAST OR SOUTH OF THE BORDER!! or you WILL get caught!R.C.M.P. In the east the R.C.M.P.have nothing better to do but sit arround with there thumbs up their asses,an well south of the border,you can use your imagination as to the jails they will put you in, and the extra charges you would face there
GOOD LUCK maVen WERE PULLIN FOR YA!!!
My Hero !!!
went to jail for camming movie, yeah..they will fear you in jail for that
Hey Adam! If you make it to Ottawa, you can always crash here!
Stay focused maVen and good luck
Godspeed, maVen.
run forrest run!!!
what a pussy, man up
oh noes, quickly arrest the guy with the camera in the cinema because we have nothing better to do! fucking cocks.
What would be funny if he released a cam while he was on the run, big fu to them lol.
Québec students are awesome for their protests. Here in Ottawa we just sit on our butts. I looked at the pictures, they even got the attention of the media!
*bonne chance Gérémi*
Good luck on the run dude.
Don’t get caught on something stupid like speeding!
I don’t think there would have been severe punishment but running would get extra charges on him and put him on more trouble. I just wish all the best happen to him and he stay away from trouble.
Thankyou for making many of my days with the nice copy of movies maVen.
maVen’s on the run!
Somebody put him up for a few days!
A prison sentance for camming a film!?!
A caution would have been more than adequate imo.
as many people stated on the last thread, I have my doubts as to if this is the real maVen
Inmate 1:
I killed four men.
Inmate 2: I killed my neighbor’s daughter, then raped her corpse.
Inmate 1: Anyway, what have you done?
Inmate 3: Dude, I totally uploaded a movie.
he got caught camming once and still kept doing it?
Still, its unfair how camming lands you in jail while the industry insiders who upload the water-marked screeners are never even investigated.
he should take a ship into international waters and live the TRUE pirate’s life! Then he could go down to a country with no extradition treaties (Panama comes to mind).
The quote by:
RCMP Staff Sgt. Noel St-Hilaire said: “Unfortunately at the time there was no legislation that forbid anyone from filming in a cinema. There’s not much we could do then other than issue a warning.”
is in correct
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2441/125/
The quote by:
RCMP Staff Sgt. Noel St-Hilaire said: “Unfortunately at the time there was no legislation that forbid anyone from filming in a cinema. There’s not much we could do then other than issue a warning.”
is in incorrect
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2441/125/
you have friends in the west, seek us out.
[quote comment="287709"]oh noes, quickly arrest the guy with the camera in the cinema because we have nothing better to do! fucking cocks.
What would be funny if he released a cam while he was on the run, big fu to them lol.[/quote]
that would rock, hell i got a camera you can borrow
Canada is clearly becoming less and less of a haven for pirates.
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