NEW YORK, NY -- Gilberto Sanchez was sentenced yesterday to one year in Federal prison for leaking the film Wolverine onto the Internet before the film was released in theaters.

"We hope this sends a strong message," stated United States Attorney Andre Birotte Jr.  "Releasing that film online was a borderline violation of human rights.  Simply put, the movie was that bad."

Federal statutes allowed for a sentence of up to three years for what it called "Using piracy to expose the public to terrible films."

In addition to the sentence, the judge also added a year of additional restrictions, mainly with regards to Internet access.   The judge stated that Sanchez seemed remorseless for his actions as he had repeatedly bootlegged such movies to the Internet including Norbit, 2012, and Daddy Day Care.

"I just thank god that you didn't have such access to the Internet back when Battlefield Earth was released," finalized the judge during sentencing.

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