Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread [ARCHIVED] • Page 1273

Has anyone ever gone to jail for leaking a movie?

 

Idk but I’m sure WB could sue them or put them in court long enough for financial ruin

 

Ok but have they ever done it?

 

Idk the entire history of lawsuits!!!

 

Whom would risk it? Whom?

 

To what extent can you claim damages? You had no plans to release it and they're giving it away.

 

That’s actually a good point. If the studio has publicly said they’re not releasing it then

 

i’m not going to provide actual legal analysis and sound like i’m caping up for david zaslav

 

If you write off the film for tax purposes you shouldn't keep copyright.

 

only example i can think of re: someone releasing a film against the studio's wishes is someone leaking The Sweatbox (that documentary Sting's wife made about the making of The Emperor's New Groove that Disney didn't want to release). idk if there were any legal repercussions.

 

Wouldn’t be a criminal offense, just a civil lawsuit

 

I'm not asking for the entire legal history, I'm asking if the thing we are talking about has ever happened once.

 

Send it to me and I'll do it

casaeldisco@gmail.com

 

I'll send you a movie I'm working on, you can leak it, then I'll sue you and we'll have an answer

 

Can't you just forget your flash drive at Starbucks and then "someone" picks it up? It is the perfect crime.

 

you wouldn't steal a movie

 

Yes, but this is why each copy is watermarked with the person's name who has the copy, probably a big huge watermark

 

Getting rid of water marks is probably something AI is actually good for

 

In theory, yes, but in practice it's very obvious to tell which portions of the picture are generated vs native and you can very quickly decipher what the text used to say

 

What if three boys standing on top of each other wearing a raincoat "attacked" someone with a copy and they leaked it?

 

Make it an ARG, Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero style

 

being a dumbass usually isn’t a defense in a courtroom

 

Intent is usually a big part of it.

 

for some laws. if you acted with enough disregard for the flash drive that it was in the position to be forgotten in a public place, stuff like that isn't typically ignored.