Man sentenced to 6 months in prison for making DVD copies of Mike Myers' "The Love Guru" movie

[Amerigo Vespucci]

'Love Guru' Costs Dumbass 6 Months of Freedom

Posted Jun 19th 2009 8:15AM by TMZ Staff

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/19/love-guru-costs-dumbass-6-months-of-freedom/



It may be the dumbest move of all time: A man risking his personal freedom, public humiliation and his entire career -- all because he wanted to illegally burn a copy of "The Love Guru."

As if sitting through the flick wasn't punishment enough, a 28-year-old named Jack Yates was just sentenced to 6 months in a federal prison for burning illegal DVDs of the awful flick for his friends before the movie came out in 2008.

Yates' copy eventually made it to the 'net, where it was illegally downloaded more than 85,000 times.

Dude pleaded guilty to copyright infringement -- he's also guilty of the worst taste in movies ever.

[meegbear]

1. Dumbass?

Sounds like a smart move to me.

[Ilsa]

3. I think "burn" means "copy" in this story. I read the other way first, though.

I thought he had piled a bunch of dvds in his backyard, doused them with an incinerant, then lit them up. It wasn't until the end of the post that I got it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. You're right...the Love Guru DVDs should be gathered up and burned, but...

...I changed my subject line to "making" in order to avoid confusion.

:toast:

:rofl:

[Ilsa]

18. Yeah, I have to admit to being confused at first also. nt

[meegbear]

11. D'oh!

:banghead:

[Ilsa]

20. Yeah, well, I invite you to look out for my backside as well. Sometimes

a misused term, misplaced modifier, misspelled word, sends my brain off into lala-land in trying to understand what's happening! "D'oh!" and :banghead: are an appropriate symbols for me on most days.

[devilgrrl]

2. If he doesn't burn free copies, how will anyone see the movie? Like people would pay to see that!

:crazy:

[mainegreen]

4. I read that as 'he set them on fire', and I thought 'Good for him. that movie stank'

Never mind. Now I see.

[YOY]

5. Two words "Peer Guardian."

One more word "WHY???"

[Orrex]

6. But Mike Myers is allowed to walk free despite making the film in the first place

What kind of rule of law is that?!?

[Ian David]

10. ROFL!!! n/t

[JVS]

13. There is no justice

[Yukari Yakumo]

21. At the very least...

His career is over. (Aside from making more Shrek sequels.)

[Coventina]

26. I was going to say the guy should have received a longer sentence

for spreading "Love Guru" further!!

:D

[edbermac]

8. Myers should be jailed for 6 months for MAKING that movie!

And another 6 months for The Cat In The Hat.

[Ian David]

9. Could be worse. It could have been Ishtar. n/t

[GoesTo11]

24. Sorry, Ishtar was hilarious.

Warren Beatty as the nebbish who can't get the ladies. The scene in the arms bazaar. It really holds up well. The reason it is sort of the classic bomb is that they spent a huge amount of money on it with two huge stars, and all they got was a low-brow comedy. Give it a chance!

Love guru? Actually, maybe I just have horrible taste because I thought that was funny too, if stupid and offensive.

[corkhead]

12. They should lock him up for 14 years for this. That would be the equivalent retribution

for the 87 minutes that each of 85000 people tragically lost watching that POS.

Yes, I did the math. :bounce:

[chatnoir]

14. War criminals causing the deaths of innocents walk around free

Yet this guy who burned a dumb movie gets 6 mos in the pen. Wtf?

IMO, the only thing he's guilty of is questionable taste.

[Echo In Light]

25. The American Way

[blueamy66]

15. And Stallworth gets 30 days for manslaughter

huh

[malaise]

16. Meanwhile the criminal bankers walk free

:puke:

[lame54]

17. I thought guru's were supposed to be...

non-materialistic and forgiving

[rug]

19. He'd better tell them he's in for robbery.

[SidDithers]

22. Hope that's not axxo...nt

Sid

[ZombieHorde]

23. He should have tortured people instead. Then we could all just look forward and not think about it.