March 29, 2010 - INDIANAPOLIS—David A. Sanners, 36, Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 15 months in a work release center today by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young following his guilty plea to infringement of a copyright for the purpose of commercial advantage and private financial gain. This case was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sanners admitted that between May 1, 2007 and October 12, 2007, he reproduced, by electronic means, and then distributed 1,202 copies of copyrighted motion pictures in DVD format. Sanners offered these DVD’s for sale to customers using catalogs.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd S. Shellenbarger, who prosecuted the case for the government, Judge Young also ordered Sanners to make restitution in the amount of $23,979 while serving a term of three years of supervised release.
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