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Leaked Oscar Screener DVDs Already Appearing Online

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 20, 2005 - 7:20am.
Los Gatos, Calif. -- Several of the advance DVD screener copies of movies up for Academy Awards, sent to members of the Academy for voting purposes, have already popped up on file-sharing services, according to BayTSP, an anti-piracy firm working with studios to monitor file-sharing networks. "Screeners have been distributed to Academy members and many of them are already appearing online," said BayTSP CEO Mark Ishikawa. "It's common knowledge in the pirate community that screeners are digitally watermarked and some groups make attempts, usually unsuccessfully, to erase those marks." The leaks come despite the well-publicized ouster of a member of the Academy last year for passing his screeners to several others, who were then prosecuted for posting them online. BayTSP did not disclose which studios it has worked with to watermark their screener DVDs, which Oscar contender films are now available online, or what actions are being taken to potentially identify any leakers.
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