Man who leaked movies, TV shows online to serve 22 months in prison

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Authorities say the Sparks Group would override discs' copyright protections via a practice called 'cracking' or 'ripping.'

A British man who was convicted of being part of a group that internationally leaked movies and TV shows online was sentenced Monday in New York to serve 22 months in prison.

Bridi, a former disc jockey,pleaded guilty on November 18, 2021, to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement in connection to the Sparks Group, an international piracy group that Bridi was a part of, according to a press release from theBridi has already been in jail for 17 and a half months after being arrested in Cyprus in August 2020 for working with the Sparks Group, Reuters reported. He was extradited a year later.

Bridi's lawyer argued for his client's release, saying he already spent enough time in prison, according to Reuters. Bridi desired to reunite with his wife and twin teenage sons, the lawyer said.A British man has been sentenced for his involvement with an international piracy group that would leak movies and TV shows before they were set to release, costing studios tens of millions of dollars over almost a decade, according to Reuters.

"Infringement of U.S. copyrights is a big problem in our economy," Berman was quoted by Reuters."It's doubly troubling that it can be conducted…from outside the U.S."

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