The RCMP have charged another Montreal man for allegedly filming a movie inside a theatre.

Geremi Adams, 25, is accused of recording films with a camcorder and selling them for as much as $1,000 -- although it's unclear who would have paid that amount of money.

Both the RCMP and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated Adams for four months, and allege he was a world leader in film piracy.

Adams faces charges under the Copyright Act rather than Canada's new anti-piracy law, because he was arrested in September 2006.

Officials spent the past 14 months gathering evidence against Adams. It's the first time the RCMP has used the Copyright Act to fight the alleged distribution of pirated films on the Internet.

If found guilty, Adams faces a fine of up to $25,000 and six months in jail.

Police claim they caught Adams in the act of recording two films inside a theatre: "How to Eat Fried Worms" and "Invincible."

They later seized recording equipment and a computer from his home.

An RCMP spokesperson alleged Adams used sophisticated software to polish up his pirated copies.

"He perfected his trade in order that he could actually modify and clean it up in order to distribute it, and have a professional-looking film," RCMP Sgt. Noel St-Hilaire told CTV Montreal.

"Nobody could actually detect that it was filmed in a cinema by a small camcorder."

Adams will next appear in court on Jan. 30.

Last month, another Montreal man was charged for film piracy, in what's believed to be the first application of the new anti-piracy law.

Louis-Rene Hache, 23, faces up to five years in prison if convicted. His next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 21.

The law was created to appease Hollywood studios who accused Canada of being a major source of film piracy. Montreal and Calgary were singled out as hotspots for copying new movies.

With a report by CTV Montreal's Tarah Schwartz