Movies: A Pirate And His Penance

If there are movies worth the risk of a felony indictment, surely The Hulk is not among them. It is a truth Kerry Gonzalez now appreciates daily. Gonzalez, 24, was an insurance underwriter in New Jersey last June: a nice kid with gelled hair, a college degree and no criminal record. Then he put a copy of The Hulk up on the Web--two weeks before it opened in theaters. Within weeks, a million people had downloaded it; movie geeks had panned the film online based on Gonzalez's copy, which had unfinished special effects; and the FBI was looking for him. Gonzalez...

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