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.
high quality.. and Ts in the same sentance..
shocking!
:O
Telesync’s can be done well.
You probably all know this but….
From wiki…
A telesync is a video copy of the movie which was shot in a cinema, often with a professional camera on a tripod in the projection booth, with a direct connection to the sound source (often FM audio provided for the hearing-impaired, or from a drive-in theatre). A telesync is a special type of cam that has the potential of better-quality audio and video. If the telesync is shot from within the projection booth there will be no keystone distortion (there will be keystone correction) of the video. An ordinary cam is usually shot with a handheld camera from a seat in the auditorium and uses the camera’s own built-in microphone to pick up the sound.
It’s good to see that the RCMP have their priorities in order…
How soon until the police will be authorized to shoot pirates on sight?
“Well gee, it LOOKED like he had a camera…”
if you can’t do the time, then don’t do the crime.
With all of the more serious crimes, they chose to waste their time trying to convict this person?Justice? Only for the wealthy, all others need not apply.
Is there anyway we can give him money useing a tropical pacific anonymous tax free bankacount ?
I think the man deserves it :)
Dumb. The penelty for running is worse then for filming. Why do you support a guy who knows he can get away with it yet STILL runs? Lame.
He is a hero for the people in the war against corporate rule.
Why would he run if he wouldn’t be charged under the new camming legislation?
Why not take the opportunity to raise some important questions in a public venue (court) about the freedom of information and piracy?
People should take responsibility for their actions.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Noel St-Hilaires’ job is to enforce the law not to create new ones. Making new laws is the job of Parliament.
He was out of line by commenting
“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.”
I think his second time getting caught should have made the RCMp realize they can’t stop us and that they should just give up now
I can completely understand allowing civil litigation. I’m horrified that someone can lose their freedom for filming a theater screen no matter how much money the film industry loses.
What if he’s in the hospital as a John Doe.
Maybe he did run but slipped and fell, bumped his head and broke his crown?
What a pussy 6 months isn’t shit, definately not anything to run from.
Good luck, maVen.
how dishonourable is this guy. you done the crime you should face the penalties. in this case it would of been nothing! but now he didn;t show up in court he’s gonna get screwed. should murders get away as well? and having people support him?
Contact me maven, I have a safe place for you to go. You already know the address.
“what a pussy, man up” Thats a laugh, coming from “Anonymous”
I love these people that are calling him a pussy and saying “if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime” These are the people that sit in front of there computers 24\7 downloading movies and whatnot then, start complaining that there are not enough people seeding when a torrent just got uploaded like 2 minutes ago.
Release! Release! Release! Give them the finger by releasing another top movie and show them that you own them!
I had no idea he was Canadian, but I loved his work. One more reason Canada kicks all kinds of ass.
good luck, though you should just face the man on this one since its nothing to run from.
always enjoyed your releases,viva la maven.
lol never knew he was from my city, montreal. On est tous avec toi Geremi!
YO maVen … GREAT opportunity here for you. Someone stated a weee bit back … What would be funny if he released a cam while he was on the run .. DO IT .. Could make you famous .. RUN maVen RUN .. cam it as your running thru dark alley in major cities .. in the woods a night like Blair Witch .. add GREAT MUSIC for background (downloaded from FrostWire)
THE MOVIE PRODUCERS would luv it .. BIG $$$$$$s for you from them. Then they could sell rights to movie to theaters and you could go in and cam it and be first to post it on NET. STAGE6 would be good .. seeing as they are adding servers after someone hacked them and tried to mess the site up (Probably the Movie Police)
PS: if possible .. try running by a RCMP officer .. flash your camcorder and film the chase .. but make sure you RUN maVen RUN
GoodLuck BUD
Chow
Once_Upon_A_Time_In_CANADA.divx
a few special effects and BINGO .. yet one more low budget movie that grosses BIG $$$$s at the Theaters.
remember .. Once_Upon_A_Time_In_Mexico.divx
or just call it RUN_maVin_RUN.divx
STAGE6 it
Good Luck and have Fun maVin
Chow
1 final thought from me,
this movie, Life Of maVen,is a cam done in a theater in Quebec, think i`ll wait for an R5 or at least a good telesine , hope there will be a sequel to this :D
Good luck maVen and thanks for the great shows. Don’t resist arrest if they do catch you though, the RCMP are likely to taze you to death if you do that.
In Quebec, we barely send murderers to jail, and we try to reeducate them.
I would be surprised if a Quebec judge would even give a fine to somebody who has taped a movie. Not going to court is a bigger problem, but even then. The proverbial slap on the wrist is, probably, the worst that can happen. And if the Liberal party of Canada can grow some cojones, we’ll get rid of the conservatives who pass laws jailing dudes with cams, instead of dudes with guns.
It really wasn’t a great idea to run.
Failure to appear or to comply with summons
(4) Every one who is served with a summons and who fails, without lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on him, to appear at a time and place stated therein, if any, for the purposes of the Identification of Criminals Act or to attend court in accordance therewith, is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
movie piracy is there fault that’s what they get for taking forever release movies on dvds.ETC anyway to bad he had run.
Hooray a Cammer goes down. Cammers waste so much of other peoples bandwidth by seeding such shit content.
I am german - good luck to you Gemini. What is with Halifax?
In germany we have DVD or Blu-ray flatrate in video rental store’s. We dont need longer filesharing. You pay 15 or 20 Euro and could see anything what you want. Our solution in germany is video flatrate’s.
Are in USA or Canada no video flatrates like in european?
well it is somthing else that they have the nerve to hunt this man down. Why dont they go chase some dopedealer`s or sex offenders ,I mean they hurt ppl this dude gives ppl a reason to stay home com on
HEy come 2 australia maVen you wont get caught here u can crash in my basement dude
holy shit man i actually got some of his torrents!
run maVen RUN!
wtf 2 years in jail, for a non-violent offence!?
this is madness!
it isnt even for personal gain, what a fucked up world. im never supporting the sytem it can rot and die!
hahah he deserves it
Gay.
Hopefully they don’t spend too much time and money trying to find this guy. This whole copyright issue is redundant as hell
Globe and Mail = Fail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080213.PIRATE13/TPStory/National
welcome to Canada!
thats the trouble with non-returnable warrants … charged with some minor crime you just move an and start over in a differrent location under a new name …
cheers mare!
[quote comment="289171"]
cheers mare![/quote]
… should have been:
cheers mate!
[quote comment="288360"]It really wasn’t a great idea to run.
Failure to appear or to comply with summons
(4) Every one who is served with a summons and who fails, without lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on him, to appear at a time and place stated therein, if any, for the purposes of the Identification of Criminals Act or to attend court in accordance therewith, is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.[/quote]
blah blah blah … can you say NON RETURNABLE WARRANT
… problem is endemic in BC. according to the vancouver pd!
the problem is the cost of sending him home to face trial … that alone severely eats up police department budgets and thus the pd’s involved don’t want to fork out the $$$ as this would hamper there budgets :)
summed up … who pays to send him home? the vpd recently stated they had over 2300 of these types of people (wanted in another jurisdiction).
ps
look for another “maVen” on the scene … i’m sure he will return!
[quote comment="287659"]went to jail for camming movie, yeah..they will fear you in jail for that[/quote]
actually they (the other inmates) will make him a her !!!
can you say BITCH ?
[quote comment="288041"]What a pussy 6 months isn’t shit, definately not anything to run from.[/quote]
yeah! you’re right. 6 months of being someones bitch in the crowbar hotel is a piece of cake.
YOU SIR ARE A) A CROOKED COP or B) A FUCKED UP FED!
get a life! and chase some real criminals you donut eating fat fuck.
oops … can i say all that on the internet?
oh well, I just did! and I stand by it!
imagine what the fbi would do to him in the states. the canadian system is so lax in comparison.
Si Senor! He is here eating tacos with my homes!!
Maven, if you can make it down to Phoenix, you have a safe house to stay at. Copying information is not a crime. Fuck the so-called “intellectual property” mafia. As if they came up with all their ideas in a vacuum.
Walk to Alaska, lol. I hope he gets away.
Meanwhile a sexual predator gets 2 years in prison and gets out to prey again. Screwed up world we live in.
http://musicforhumans1.blogspot.com/
Good Luck
Run maVen run ……
jajajajajaj XD
Wow. The guy is an idiot. His MAXIMUM sentence was $25k and 6 months in prison, which means he would have got off with community service and a small fine. And he decided to miss a court appearance for THAT?
When they catch him, and they WILL catch him, his punishment will likely be worse than it originally would have been.
It’d be one thing if he was facing ten years in jail, but with a maximum sentence of 6 months (that probably wouldn’t have been applied for something like this), he’s just asking for trouble.
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It’s so much easier and safer to make criminals out of innocent people. He pays money to make free movies to share, and gets treated like a criminal, labelled a pirate and busted by the FB of Ignorance? He should get an award.
I’m an honest guy but I’d never turn him in. Call me an accomplice if u like. Names don’t bother me.
-all i have to say in keep going never give up one day we will win and the government knows that and wont let it happen but they cant stop the people
Yeah go maven. run Mave run!!!!
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