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Lionsgate Sues Limetorrents, Played.to, and Others Over Expendables 3 Leak

Posted by Soulskill on from the barn-doors-and-horses dept.

hypnosec writes Lionsgate, the film company in charge of distribution for Expendables 3, has filed a lawsuit against unknown individuals who shared a DVD-level copy of the movie and six file-sharing sites known to have the links through which copies of the movies are being downloaded illegally. An advance copy of Expendables 3 was leaked online in July, and it was downloaded as many as 180,000 times in just 24 hours. The movie, which is releasing on August 15, is said to have crossed two million downloads already. In addition to the lawsuit, the Dept. of Homeland Security is on the case.

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  1. Methinks the maiden protesteth too much by waddgodd · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'll LMAO when the reveal comes that the leaked copy turns out to have little, if anything, to do with the actual movie they release

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  2. A marketing plot to promote another movie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Meh. A marketing plot of Lionsgate to promote another movie. At the same time that they victimize themselves while criminalizing their clients.

    Don't mind that those dreaded pirates helps them to rake so much money from people's pockets.

  3. Yes! Copyright terrorism must be stopped! by gweihir · · Score: 1, Interesting

    And surely these evil scum will get what they deserve when they and all their loved ones are killed in a justifiable drone-strike!

    Seriously, this is what a police-state looks like, there is no way to deny it anymore.

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    1. Re:Yes! Copyright terrorism must be stopped! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

      Imagine if you were an author who wrote a book... with said book being pirated before it even was released, only to be downloaded a couple million times. How would that make you feel?

      I imagine there is a balance of publicity, and the lost revenue by the number of pirates who don't end up seeing/purchasing the movie in the future.

      However, I do think we should cap it at one year jail; 3 times the costs of what's pirated; plus court costs, when it comes to piracy.

  4. The greater insult by EmperorOfCanada · · Score: 3, Interesting

    While this has probably lost them some money, I have always felt that one of the reasons that the movie industry hates torrents is that it gives people such a wide choice that crappy films don't end up being downloaded. How insulting must it be when your precious darling of a film is so undesired that people won't even take it for free.

    Not to mention that movies that aren't being "professionally" distributed suddenly have some traction.

  5. Re:The DHS Is On The Case by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Dont joke, they have a Homeland Youth program in the school systems.

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