Jeramiah Perkins of the IMAGiNE Group was handed a record prison term for illegal file-sharing. The 40-year old Perkins, who is the reported leader of the in-theater camcording gang, was ordered to serve a 60-month prison term. The sentence surpasses that of IMAGiNE co-defendant Gregory Cherwonik of New York, who received 40 months in November. “In all, five IMAGiNE members have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement for operating what prosecutors described as the world’s most prolific piracy release group between 2009 and 2011,” reports Wired.

According to the MPAA, IMAGiNE’s success has been the result of its “short latency periods between the theatrical release and their pirated release, their consistently good quality of audio captures, their high volume of releases, and their connection to international suppliers.”

Perkins’ plea agreement notes that he had rented computer servers for the group, registered domain names and created PayPal accounts “to receive donations and payments from persons downloading or buying IMAGiNE Group releases of pirated copies of motion pictures and other copyrighted works.”

“Group members would audio-record films such as ‘Friends With Benefits’ and ‘Captain America: The First Avenger,'” explains Wired. “Others members would record the film at a theater with a camcorder. Then the sound and video would be combined into a full-featured movie, the authorities said.” The group recorded other films including “Avatar,” “Clash of the Titans,” “Iron Man 2” and “The Green Hornet.”

“The authorities said the group utilized servers in France, Canada and the United States to offer in-theater-only movies from websites like unleashthe.net, pure-imagination.us and pure-imagination.info,” explains the article.