Among the many topics that were parodied on Jerry Seinfeld's television show, one episode touched on movie piracy.Not that it was an educational program, and a couple from the Chicago area watched and learned.
Unfortunately for them, they relied on a comedy when they should have switched over to the Discovery Channel for some reality.
Gerardo Arellano and the missus were rumbled in a movie theater. No need for a man to have a video camera on his knee while Hannah Montana's newest film is rolling. Even an action so subtle and discrete as that didn't go unnoticed.
A police search of his home turned up thousands of CDs, DVDs and the equipment to make them en masse.
In the face of the evidence, Mr. Arellano tossed his mother under the bus. It's all her stuff, he claimed. She likes to collect that sort of thing. 44,000 CDs and DVDs. She's a bit of a pack rat, perhaps?
Then there was the family's computer, which was found to have a link to a French website where pirated films can be purchased. Does the old lady like to surf the web as well?
According to the accused, he didn't think he was doing anything wrong. Why, the tape he was making would have been of low quality anyway. It's not like he went to the projection booth and stole the actual film, is it?
At the time of his arrest, the amateur film-maker expressed surprise over his arrest. Won't he be shocked when he's tried and he discovers that the Motion Picture Association of America takes film piracy very seriously, and they have clever attorneys who wouldn't mind making an example of Gerardo Arellano.
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