May 19, 2005
Never saw this coming
Final ‘Star Wars’ film leaked to the Internet
The final chapter of the Star Wars saga has gone over to the Internet’s dark side.
“Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” has been leaked onto a major file-sharing network just hours after opening in theaters, at a time when Hollywood is increasingly concerned about online piracy.
At least two copies of the film, which was first shown in theaters in the early hours of Thursday, have been posted to the BitTorrent file-sharing network — a new and increasingly popular technology that allows users to download large video files much more quickly than in the past.
[deadpan]Wow. I’m shocked. Who would have thought that somebody would steal the Star Wars movie?[/deadpan]
I mean really, they could have written this story 3 weeks ago and had it ready “in the can”, so to speak.
Firefox linked with May The Torrent Be With You
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Shocker of all shockers, who do you think the biggest fans of the Star Wars movies are? Computer folks, that’s who. I’d bet even money the my Computer Engineering studying little brother has it on his hard drive already.
Which do you think was downloaded more quickly/more often–the Star Wars movies or the Matrix movies?
And how much was done at work instead of at home?
No surprise–it’s geek porn.
May The Torrent Be With You
[deadpan]Start Wars? Me, too.[/deadpan]…