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Paramount Pictures To Release Film On Bittorrent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bet-it-sucks dept.

TheyreNotTheir writes "In a little over two months time, the long-awaited horror movie The Tunnel will receive its world premiere. Rather than a traditional theatrical release, the movie – which is set in abandoned real-life tunnels under Sydney, Australia – will make its debut online for free with BitTorrent. Simultaneously it will be released on physical DVD, to be distributed by Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures."

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  1. MPAA will not care by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Smart money says people still end up in court being sued for distributing it anyway.

    1. Re:MPAA will not care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      So encourage all your friends, family etc who never (as opposed to 'never') download movies to grab it, and watch it at one of their places. Go go gadget red herring :)

  2. Re:Putyour money were your mouth is! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    BOARDROOM, INT. DAYTIME

    Henchman 1: I know! Let's release a piss poor movie on BitTorrent, asking for donations. When it fails we'll prove it's a failed model!
    MPAA Bossman: Brilliant! But... which movie shall we release?
    Henchman 1: ???
    Henchman 2: ???
    Henchman 3: ???
    MPAA Bossman: Ha ha, you should see the looks on your faces. *throws a dart at the board* They're all piss poor!
    All: Huzzah!

  3. Re:Will it leak? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The more important question is - how will you know it's okay to download it? I mean, what differentiates one movie on bit torrent versus another? It sounds like this just muddies things. After all, if one movie is okay to download on bit torrent (and I don't know what would identify it as being authorized to download by the copyright holder when you're looking at a torrent index) and a movie that isn't?