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Leak Star Wars, Go To Jail

Posted by chrisd on from the prosecuting-betrayal dept.

Shea O'Brien Foley, a former production assistant at LucasFilm, has been arrested on 13 counts of theft of Star Wars material from LucasFilm worth $450,000. The police investigation was launched after an early Attack of the Clones cut was leaked to and reviewed by Aint It Cool News in March, two months before it hit theaters. Other than the fact that Ain't It Cool News and Harry Knowles aren't being charged with anything, police aren't saying much. Apparently, Jedi mind tricks didn't work on the arresting officers. Update: 10/14 23:51 GMT by T : Michael Singer points to an article on internet.com with more depth.

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  1. Why is this bad? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 3, Redundant

    He stole intellectual property that wasn't his and gave it to others. This seems like a pretty open-and-shut case.

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  2. How is this figure determined? by CodeWheeney · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Can anyone with any knowledge of this kind of crime determine how the value was attached? $450K seems kind of steep. I'd say cost of materials, cost of lost revenue (maybe 20 people saw it and wouldn't pay $8 a pop in the theatres)?

    $450K seems kind of punative, IMHO.

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  3. More details... by Robotech_Master · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...can be found here. Good ol' news.google.com. :)

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