In 2009 an unfinished copy of the latest in the X-Men movie series hit the Internet. The controversy was unprecedented and as expected the leak has since been thoroughly milked by Hollywood, who even referencing it in a failed case against a BitTorrent tracker. As the claimed original uploader now officially pleads guilty, he faces seeing out 2011 in jail. But after months of FBI investigations, unsurprisingly, no one else faces any charges.
Earlier this week an unfinished copy of the highly anticipated “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” movie leaked online. Fox is expecting a financial disaster and has called in the FBI to find out where the leak originated. We’re wondering if the leak will actually hurt the film’s success, or might the opposite be true?
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