The Harry Potter film has made its way back into the main papers of Britain for about the fifth time this week. Except, this time, its not so that the nation can see just how lovely Emma Watson looks with her pixie-crop hair and lacey black skirt (not to say she doesn't, though...).
This time, the latest release in the money-making machine that is the wizarding franchise Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been involved in a violation of Copyright. Though it's been suggested before that many of J.K. Rowling's ideas might be less than original, this time the feature length adventure has fallen afoul of the internet. It was reported today that an entire 36 minute long clip of the latest Warner Brothers film release has mysteriously leaked onto the internet ironically enough only a day before the films general release this Friday. Executives at Warner Brothers are reportedly less than impressed at how the footage managed to wind up being available for download on torrenting sites like BitTorrent.
"This constitutes a serious breach of Copyright Violation," said a Warner Brothers spokesperson. "We are vigorously investigating this matter and will prosecute those involved to the full extent of the law."
This would, in fact, make an interesting case to study over our recent Media Law classes on Copyright, and the fact that just because it is on the internet does not mean that it is Copyright-free. It will be interesting to see how the people that leaked this clip are tracked down, and how this will affect future Copyrighting of clips on and off of torrenting sites.
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