United States v. Albert C. Drebin, Budget Films, Inc., Lawrence S. Fine and Bruce M. Venezia

JAMESON, District Judge:

Albert Drebin, Lawrence Fine, and Budget Films, Inc. have appealed their convictions, following a jury trial, on six counts (Counts Five through Ten) of willful and for-profit infringement, by vending, of copyrighted motion pictures, in violation of 17 U.S.C. § 104; 1 three counts (Counts Two through Four) of interstate and foreign transportation of stolen and converted property—the copyrighted motion pictures—in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314; and one count (Count One) of conspiracy to commit these offenses, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. 2 Bruce Venezia has appealed…