Movie Critic, Paul Sherman, Pleads Guilty to Pirating DVDs

June 23, 2006 at 4:27 pm - by Dale Dietrich

Boston Herald movie critic, Paul Sherman, was arrested and charged with selling over 100 “screeners”—preview copies of movies on DVD handed out to reviewers—to various pirate groups over the last few years. He was paid US$4,714 for the use of his screeners. He faces a maximum penalty of US$250,000 and three years in prison. He will be sentenced in October.

Sources: ars technica | cinematical | boston.com