For years, Hollywood execs have worried that screeners — the DVDs sent to industry insiders who vote on the Oscars — will find eir way onto file-sharing sites. Truth is, the piracy usually starts prior to the polling, in some cases even before the films open in theaters. wired analyzed more than 150 Oscar nominees from the past five years and found that by the time discs reached Academy members, many of the movies were already on BitTorrent. How's that? Files can be ripped from copies sent to critics, video stores, and marketers — or leaked by the studios themselves. Seems they ought to stress less about Oscar voters and more about Jim in the mail room.
— Andy Baio
Chart: Arno Ghelfi
The illicit premiers of 5 Best Pictures
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The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein
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Don't Blame the Academy
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The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein
The Kung Fu-iest Place on Earth
Don't Blame the Academy
