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Copy of "Avatar" Leaked to File-Sharing Networks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2010 - 9:54am.
Los Angeles - A copy of Academy Award-nominated movie "Avatar" has been uploaded to file-sharing networks, TorrentFreak reported. Nominees were announced earlier this week, and one of the "screener" DVDs typically sent to Academy members who vote on the Oscars is thought to have been posted online.

TorrentFreak noted that a lower-quality copy of the film that has been available on file-sharing networks for over a month has been downloaded over two million times.

Back in 2005, an Academy member was expelled for turning over his screener DVDs to another man who posted them online.

The uploader was ordered to pay over $300,000 in damages, but was found dead in his jail cell while awaiting sentencing; he could have faced up to three years in prison.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/ua6n0 (TorrentFreak)

http://snipurl.com/ua6p1 (DMW previous coverage)

Published in DMW Daily, February 5, 2010
tags: Law | Piracy | Movies | Copyright | Screeners | Avatar | Academy Awards |



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