Star Wars Episode 3 Being Pirated Across The Web |
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 May 19 2005, 09:52 PM
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 The Secret Hacker.  Group: Member Posts: 1,780 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,712  |
+ source ; CNN
QUOTE Final 'Star Wars' film leaked to Web Thursday, May 19, 2005 Posted: 6:23 PM EDT (2223 GMT) LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The final chapter of the Star Wars saga has gone over to the Internet's dark side. "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" has been leaked onto a major file-sharing network just hours after opening in theaters, at a time when Hollywood is increasingly concerned about online piracy. At least two copies of the film, which was first shown in theaters in the early hours of Thursday, have been posted to the BitTorrent file-sharing network -- a new and increasingly popular technology that allows users to download large video files much more quickly than in the past. The Motion Picture Association of America has been aggressive in going after Web sites that provide "tracker" links that enable BitTorrent downloads of copyrighted material, including six lawsuits this week against sites with links to TV shows. According to Web site Waxy.org (http://www.waxy.org/), one print was leaked on Wednesday before the film was even released in theaters. The movie was time-stamped, suggesting it may have come from within the industry rather than from someone who videotaped an advance screening. One popular tracker Web site showed more than 16,000 people currently downloading the film via BitTorrent. Hollywood is trying to avoid the fate of the music industry, which claims it has lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of sales to illicit file-sharing networks. Movie files are about 50 times larger than music files, which makes them much more cumbersome to download, but new technologies like BitTorrent and increased high-speed Internet penetration are closing the gap. Lucasfilm Ltd and the MPAA were not immediately available for comment. + edit it sucks that this is happening. i dont use bittorrent but lots of people use bittorrent that I know of.. and they're gonna be in big trouble once those anti-pirating companies track many people down. |
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| *Statistik* |
May 19 2005, 09:54 PM
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star wars like leak? but its not like a pen or white out
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| *basick* |
May 19 2005, 09:54 PM
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im sellin it for 5 dollars get at me
 QUOTE(Jason61992 @ May 19 2005, 6:54 PM) star wars like leak? but its not like a pen or white out jason you are a dumbass
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| *nightmare4taki* |
May 19 2005, 10:34 PM
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QUOTE(Jason61992 @ May 19 2005, 8:54 PM) star wars like leak? but its not like a pen or white out     HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LMAO QUOTE(basick @ May 19 2005, 8:54 PM) im sellin it for 5 dollars get at me jason you are a dumbass LMAO again |
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May 19 2005, 10:44 PM
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 Holla if ya hate me Group: Member Posts: 2,386 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 80,819 |
I knew it would happen... the leak would of came out eventually.
Jason... yeah what Basick said |
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May 20 2005, 12:02 AM
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i don't think we have that problem here because the day it opened everyone kept saying how those star wars fan were in long lines outside of the theatres to see it.
 such losers lol
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May 20 2005, 01:26 AM
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 A.K.A. Simplicityxx Group: Member Posts: 1,878 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 56,813 |
^You think people who lined up to see starwars are losers?
 Hm.. I had a feeling that would happen anyways. |
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May 20 2005, 03:02 AM
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 boo Group: Member Posts: 5,512 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 71,765 |
Meh, kinda expected it. It would've happened sooner or later, right?
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May 20 2005, 06:11 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,882 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,064 |
Yikes! I heard about that on the news this morning. It's so popular.. and people are impatient.. but I'm not too crazy over the movie.
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May 20 2005, 10:26 AM
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 cellophane chests? Group: Member Posts: 488 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,816 |
I went to see Mindless Self Indulgence in concert last night. After the show, my friends and I hung out with the lead singer, Jimmy Urine. We asked him if he had went to see the new Star Wars and he was like "Dude, I don't have time. It's downloading on the bus right now."
A lot of people are like that. They don't have time to stand in line, pay like $10 for a ticket, and sit for like 3 hours. If you download it, you can save it for later, watch it in parts, pause it if you have something to do....I mean, it's not like the movie industry is hurting that badly, especially in this case. One of my friends went to see it opening night; he and the people he went with stood in line for like two hours to get tix to the last showing on opening night....Star Wars III is gonna be the biggest movie all month, if not the year in terms of ticket sales. Merchandise is gonna go through the roof, as it always does after a big movie like Star Wars. Money will be made. The movie industry is just mad because they don't have the whole market to theirselves anymore. They're not used to losing control over the distribution of their product. Up until a few years ago, they controlled everything about the film's release and the final product. Now they've been outsmarted by the common people, duped out of a small share of profits, and they're pissed. Personally, I don't download movies cuz I share a computer with a bunch of other people and they take up too much space. I have downloaded them before but I prefer to rent them on dvd and copy them or just to go out and buy it. Sometimes I'll even go to the theater and see it, if I like it enough... |
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May 20 2005, 11:59 PM
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 Take advantage of me. Group: Member Posts: 912 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 43,792 |
Only movie I ever dl before was boogeyman. sh*t took forever and a dayyyy
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May 21 2005, 12:21 AM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
Yeah I heard that on the tv. I was sooo pissed. And felt very bad because their box offices money was half million decreased because of the people who stole the movie clip! It's not fair... I mean they watch it for free!!!! well some... but still.. that's BS. I don't download it from the computer.. I rather watch it on the tv or the theater. But at least their gross went up to 50 million!!! hehe the highest! for like the first week, it went up to 50 million.. good to hear about that!
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May 21 2005, 01:27 AM
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A.K.A. Simplicityxx Group: Member Posts: 1,878 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 56,813 |
QUOTE(angel-roh @ May 21 2005, 12:21 AM) But at least their gross went up to 50 million!!! hehe the highest! for like the first week, it went up to 50 million.. good to hear about that! I thought it was just a day, not a week.
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May 21 2005, 01:44 AM
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QUOTE(Jason61992 @ May 20 2005, 10:54 AM) star wars like leak? but its not like a pen or white out ROFL HAHAHAHAHAH. yeah, i read about it this morning in the newspaper. that sucks. 
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May 21 2005, 09:48 AM
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 What a hypocrite. Group: Member Posts: 2,754 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 128,150 |
A lot of people download illegally. Especially movies, and that's an issue.
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May 21 2005, 11:14 AM
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 This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
is this supposed to surprise me? i knew that was going to happen, especially with this movie b/c so many people are in love with it.
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May 21 2005, 12:29 PM
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If you think this is that big of a deal, you should see the pirating in foreign countries. Ha, I saw Lord Of The Rings 2 about 8 months before it came out in Macedonia :p.
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May 21 2005, 12:34 PM
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QUOTE(JlIaTMK @ May 21 2005, 1:29 PM) If you think this is that big of a deal, you should see the pirating in foreign countries. Ha, I saw Lord Of The Rings 2 about 8 months before it came out in Macedonia :p.  Wow, 8 months. Someone in the industry is unfaithful.
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May 21 2005, 12:47 PM
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The Secret Hacker. Group: Member Posts: 1,780 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,712 |
QUOTE(JlIaTMK @ May 21 2005, 9:29 AM) If you think this is that big of a deal, you should see the pirating in foreign countries. Ha, I saw Lord Of The Rings 2 about 8 months before it came out in Macedonia :p. ur right. in china, for example, as the movie theatres was shwoing harry potter, there were people outside the movie theatres selling the same movie in DVD. 90% of china's digital products that are foreign are pirated. |
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May 21 2005, 12:52 PM
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The Secret Hacker. Group: Member Posts: 1,780 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,712 |
*whoops double post*
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May 21 2005, 01:42 PM
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 HAAAAAAAA. Group: Member Posts: 4,472 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,068 |
Ugh. I hate those kind of movies. I'm surprised people actually like them.
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May 21 2005, 03:43 PM
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 mmm....beer.... Group: Member Posts: 752 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 24,854 |
you know what i say...
wy pay for a movie, when you can download it. seriously haha. movies i've downloadeD: the ring the ring 2 unleashed last samurai rurouni kenshin season 1 2 3 ghost in the shell 1 2 ring ju on star wars 3 like mike lilo and stitch... those are just off the top of my head i can't remember them all. o yea i got my hands on a freaking italian advent children. it's in italiant but it's still good. |
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May 21 2005, 03:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 7,048 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,696 |
QUOTE(im_s0_sp0ngey @ May 21 2005, 2:42 PM) Ugh. I hate those kind of movies. I'm surprised people actually like them.  You know that.... this is talking about it being PIRATED, not about the movie itself or if anyone saw it or how good it was. once again.
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May 21 2005, 07:21 PM
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Is this a surprise? One of my friends got Finding Nemo before it came out in theatres.
QUOTE(angel-roh @ May 21 2005, 12:21 AM) And felt very bad because their box offices money was half million decreased because of the people who stole the movie clip! Yeah, I feel bad for millionaires too... They are probably making up those stats, as how are they supposed to know how many people downloaded it in lieu of paying for a ticket? Long story short- they don't. |
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May 21 2005, 08:33 PM
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 i <3 peter Group: Member Posts: 744 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 125,986 |
this doesn't come as a surprise to me...i knew it was gonna happen..
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