A Sydney man who recorded The Simpsons Movie on his mobile phone has been fined $1,000 after pleading guilty to two charges.
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft says 23-year-old Jose Duarte was the first person in the world to post an illegal copy of the movie on the internet.
The federation says that the movie was uploaded onto a US website in July.
Within two hours, the movie had been downloaded thousands of times.
Duarte, from Prairiewood in western Sydney, today pleaded guilty to distributing copyright material and possessing a device to do so.
The magistrate convicted him and fined him $1,000. © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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