The owner of Sarge’s Comics in New London, Conn., has pleaded guilty in federal court to selling pirated DVDs and CDs. He faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine when he’s sentenced in November.
The Day reports that Robert P. Miller admitted to federal agents in 2005 that he’d been using a DVD/CD burning to make copies of movies and television shows to sell to customers.
When agents raided the store in 2005, they reportedly recovered 778 DVDs and CDs containing pirated works. On Monday, Miller accepted a deal from the government, and pleaded guilty to one count of criminal copyright infringement.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Sarge’s was my local comic shop of choice during my days at Connecticut College and Bob Miller was always more than kind to me. Every time I’ve gone back to visit since he and I have had great conversations and he’s always been a huge advocate for getting kids into comics and running one of the best FCBD events you’ll find.
This is crappy news, but Bob is a legit good guy and Sarge’s is a great store, so I hope everything will work out ok.