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"Star Wars" pre-release pirate pleads guilty

A California man has plead guilty to distributing a stolen copy of "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" two days before it appeared in theaters.

The Justice Department said Tuesday that Marc Hoaglin, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of uploading a copyrighted work being prepared for commercial distribution. The plea agreement says the Star Wars movie was stolen from a post-production company hired by Lucasfilm.

Hoaglin is one of the first Americans to be prosecuted under a new law, called the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, that President Bush signed in April.

Another defendant pleaded guilty in September to violating a different section of FECA that deals with using a camcorder in a movie theater.

posted by Agent 1138 @ 3:29 PM