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Man who stole 1,000 DVDs from employer strikes plea deal over movie leaks | Feds reduced maximum infringement amount from "tens of millions" to $40,000.
Feds reduced maximum infringement amount from “tens of millions” to $40,000.
As alleged by the feds, his game was beating studios to releases to achieve the greatest possible financial gains from online leaks. Other movies Hale ripped included animated hits like Encanto and Sing 2, as well as anticipated sequels like The Matrix: Resurrections and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. TorrentFreak also noted that the plea deal doesn't just push for a lower sentence—recommending a "maximum reduction" while crediting Hale for "taking responsibility"—it also drastically cut down the estimated losses to studios.
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