Some weeks ago we told you about rumours that The Two Towers, the new Lord Of The Rings movie, was leaked online. Later it turned out to be a hoax, but today we can tell you about something similar but true. Four episodes of the popular sitcom the Sopranos have been leaked. This happened already in August, but now MSNBC reports about it.
Leaked music albums aren't exceptions anymore. A press review copy is an example of how these cds get on the net. According to the article, the same technique was used here.
The four episodes were posted to an Internet newsgroup where piracy thrives. Pirates had to complete a labor-intensive process to see the episodes '” it involved downloading dozens of slices of the shows, each over 10 Megabytes in size. The pieces then had to be stitched together by special software.
Only the first four episodes were released to the Web '” the first three on Aug. 29, followed by episode four on Aug. 31, according to newsgroups records '” giving HBO investigators a pretty good idea of how the content was pirated.
'We sent out review tapes to the press" with the first four episodes, Schaffer said. 'It's hard to narrow down where it came from, to point the finger ... but it may have been (taken) out of those videotapes.
Looks like all the efforts to stop piracy aren't really working. Maybe in the future, who knows.
Source: MSNBC
