Man Is Sentenced for Posting ‘Hulk’ Film

A federal judge sentenced Kerry Gonzalez, a 24-year-old insurance underwriter, to six months of home confinement for posting a rough version of the movie “The Hulk” on the Internet two weeks before the film hit theaters in June.

U.S. District Judge Gerard E. Lynch in New York also gave Gonzalez three years of probation, fined him $2,000 and ordered him to pay $5,000 in restitution to Vivendi Universal Entertainment, parent company of Universal Studios, which released the movie. Gonzalez had faced up to three years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for felony copyright infringement.

Gonzalez pleaded guilty to a “felony that will remain on his permanent record and undoubtedly have a profound effect on the rest of his life,” said Karen Randall, executive vice president and general counsel of Vivendi Universal Entertainment.