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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Good Luck
Run maVen run ……
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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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