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Wolverine Film Leaked a Month Before Release
hansamurai writes "The FBI are investigating the leak of an almost finished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine a month before the film's cinema release. The movie was reported to have been downloaded several hundred thousand times and has since been 'removed.' Viewers have called the movie incomplete, missing some special effects and music. Fox and the MPAA are still upset, though, but say the copy is forensically marked and can be traced to the leak. The film is due out May 1st in the United States, and the leaked copy is marked March 2nd."
Yep, you missed it.
For the first and only time, something that has "leaked" to the internet has been completely and utterly removed from it. You need to be quicker next time.
Hehe, I like to think it went down like this...
MPAA: THE NEW WOLVERINE FILM HAS BEEN LEAKED!!!
FBI: Okay. [Frank, turn that off] We've made a note of it. [seriously... no they're on the phone. yes the mpaa. What? No, they're on the phone right now!] Just one second. [Damn did you see him just rip that guy open... no, no let it play a bit now] Ahem, yes so we're on the case! [I can't wait to see what the effects are going to look like] We will umm, let you know when we find something.
I hate to ruin it for you, but he dies in the end.
-- I was raised on the command line, bitch
We should all go see it in theaters so we would have proof that piracy encourages revenue.
If she isn't naked and petrified with a bowl of hot grits, Slashdotters are by and large not interested.
The MPAA downloaded a copy, thereby reducing the number of copies available.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
It is the top movie on The "Bay's" top 100 list, with over 20,000 seeders
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