A MAN caught trying to illegally record T2 Trainspotting at a Scottish cinema has been convicted of copyright.
Ryan Finnigan, 41, pled guilty in Glasgow Sheriff Court today to recording a cinema screening of the film at the Vue cinemaat Glasgow Fort in February last year.
He has been convicted of an offence under the Copyright Designs Patent Act 1988.
It is only the second time someone in Scotland has been convicted of such a crime, and the first since 2011.
Finnigan was caught after being spotted filming by cinema staff.
Ricky Hutton, Detective Inspector of Police Scotland's specialist crime division, said: "This conviction shows that Police Scotland continually works with our partners to protect our creative industries from the threats from intellectual property crime.
"The copying of films in the cinemas and subsequent release of pirate copies online have significant financial implications for the UK Film industry and the ability to invest in jobs and future filming.
"Although people may think that this will have little impact on major film studios, make no mistake, the amount of money being lost is on a large scale. People working illegally are impacting on the creative industry as a whole and our international reputation as a leading location for creative arts."
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