There is pirating a film and there is this, posting it on the website even before it’s released. That’s a bold new world we’re entering here.
By The Herald Sun of Australia
The FBI is investigating the leak of a copy of Hugh Jackman’s new film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, almost a month before its cinema release.
A high-quality work print has surfaced on internet file-sharing websites, and hundreds of thousands of people have already downloaded it.
It is an incomplete print, minus special effects and extra scenes, but 20th Century Fox vowed to track down and prosecute the source.
“We forensically mark our content so we can identify sources that make it available or download it,” the company said in a statement.
“The source of the initial leak and any subsequent postings will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
“The courts have handed down significant criminal sentences for such acts. The FBI and Motion Pictures Association of America are also actively investigating.”
