Movie Chief: Pre-Release Piracy Makes No Impact on Box Office
The last time a workprint copy of a high profile movie hit the web, a BitTorrent site got shutdown by the FBI and several people went to jail. A US citizen caught seeding a pre-release movie faces 5 years in jail but according to the President of movie company Lions Gate, a jail sentence must be inappropriate. What level of devastating financial impact will be felt at the box office due to Hostel: Part 2 piracy? “Nothing meaningful” he says.
