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Bootleg Star Wars AotC Debuts on Internet
Arctic Fox writes "Matt Drudge is reporting that bootleg copies of the new Star Wars movie have been appearing on the internet one week before the movie's big screeen debut. The article says that they have used a tripod mounted camera at a pre-screening to tape it. Not known is if anyone is seen walking in front of the camera."
I gotta admit, I find this amusing, although I'd never bother downloading it:
I've had 12:01 tickets ready to go and there is no way I'm gonna spoil it watching
a low quality divx.
Yeah but to watch it now and then go to the first screening and ruin all the good parts for those sitting near you might be a kick.
ARG...Taco, you keep bragging about that damn ticket, I am gonna have to drive over to the west side of the state and take it just so you won't brag any more.
:-) have fun.
you still suck though for having it
I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
Yeah, some reviews are saying it's going to be bad.
Oh, wait... you're talking about the image quality?
Now, I forget exactly which slashdot editor it was that posted "the lone gunmen are dead" several hours early...
... but whoever they are they should be forced to watch the divx BEFORE being allowed to see the movie.
And the divx should be as grainy, low quality, and stuttery as possible.
Poetic justice.
...that nowhere in any of the existing StarWars movies (don't know about Episode II yet) does there appear a "marketing droid". I mean, how could George Lucas do without such a potentially important character! "Marketing droids" would be crutial to the development of the plot line... perhaps they would be responsible for funding the Evil Empire...
Why bother.
I wouldn't waste my time if I were you. The ending doesn't make any sense, it's just some crazy lady dancing.
Those guys who have been waiting outside since february?
Are they still there?
Maybe we could give them a laptop and a DivX...
Hang on, there's someone at the door...
Money for nothing, pix for free
For those who haven't caught on yet, this is why the MPAA and RIAA dislike technology so strongly.
Yeah, they're under attack... from the clones!
Ba-dum bum.
Accountability on the heads of the powerful.
Power in the hands of the accountable.
You clearly have no idea how the market works. The MPAA will lose a tremendous amount of money due to this. Here are some quick numbers. There are 200 Million people on the Internet, MPAA gets $3/ticket sold, the average viewer will watch the movie 3 times, thus the MPAA will lose at least 1.8 Trillion dollars. You obviously need to read the news more closely.
Kind thoughts do not change the world
Yeah, this happenned before the movie officially came out. I am sure we are not suprised.
But I will laugh uproariously if a slashdot poll asking people what they thought of the movie appears before the movie officially comes out.
Slashdot Poll: AOTC?
1. Only Better than TFM
2. Beats all other StarWars
3. It nearly beats the Spice Girls Movie
4. I miss Jar-Jar
5. Sorry I only have 28.8K.
6. CowboyNeal told me it was GRRRREEAT!
... the more bootlegs will slip through their fingers.
To a Lisp hacker, XML is S-expressions in drag.
Maybe we should start the Obfuscated Mathmatics Competition. We could get AOL/TW, the US Government, Oracle and California, the Democratic and Republican Parties, and the RIAA/MPAA all together competing against each other.
x = number of people on the internet
y = number of people watching movie
z = some arbitrary encrypted number covered by the DMCA use DVD style encryption
i = number of times average user sees movie
((y - x)*i)*z = -1,800,000,000,000
Now using algeabra we should be able to figure out 'z' but since it's encrypted and covered by the DMCA that would be illegal.
"Do not be swept up in the momentum of mediocrity." - anon
(Somewhere on Sepulveda Drive in L.A.)
.02% of the American population, sir!"
RED ALERT! RED ALERT!
"Boss! We've got a problem! There is a crappy copy of the new Star Wars out a week early on the internet! And people who have cable modems or better, underground internet connections, an interest in seeing it, the understanding of what an alternative media player codec is, big enough hard drive space left, a file sharing app that still works, the knowhow to get it to run, and the interest of watching it early on a computer monitor are STEALING OUR MOVIE!"
"So how much of our movie audience is that?"
"Well, probably
"Oh. HEY! Look at this! We just made all the papers across the country. Man you just can't buy advertising this good! Get my clubs. We're going golfing lackey."
"Right on it, sir!"
Oh, that's smart: show it early to the one person in the country most likely to give it all away for the rest of us. :)
Secession is the right of all sentient beings.
"I find your lack of faith in the DCMA....disturbing." quoth the MPAA lawyers
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