Fantastic Four already online
p2pnet.net News:- Despite the recent crack down on ‘the scene’ the Hollywood summer block buster Fantastic Four has shown up online available for download within 48 hours of its theatrical release.
In a press releases issued after the raids, the FBI claimed the operation would ‘significantly disrupt’ the flow of illicit warez in cyberspace.
Someone must have forgotten to mention that to a group called “TeAm BaPH” who released a poor quality copy of the film.
The SVCD was made from a CAM source and is grainy and of generally poor quality. Despite the early leaking of the film onto the net it pulled in around 56 million dollars in sales this weekend. War of the Worlds quickly circulated around the internet last week, also in spite of the busts. It appears that there maybe be little to nothing the authorities can do to shut down illegal online distribution of copyrighted goods.
The movie is available for downloading via Bit Torrent here.
Cory Higgins – P2Pcore
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July 11th, 2005 at 11:11 pm
Goes to show that you just cant stop piracy.
July 11th, 2005 at 11:24 pm
The only way to stop piracy is to get rid of all the computers in the world as well as camcorders/etc. Since the net is here, it is unstoppable.
July 11th, 2005 at 11:38 pm
dont you mean you cant stop file sharing?
July 12th, 2005 at 1:47 am
Jeez, why does everyone call it piracy? Well, actually that’s a rhetorical question, I know exactly why, it’s rammed down your throats from all the mainstream media who don’t want to upset their close chums in the recording industry – how convenient!
It is a violation of copyright plain and simple, it’s not theft, or piracy.
Doublespeak is what comes to mind here … rewriting the meaninings of words to suit their purpose.
July 12th, 2005 at 2:13 am
You are 101% on point with your post. Collectors, traders, and homebound people. Are not pirates and have no interest in costing the sudios one dime in lost revenues. True ppl in the scene are not out to cause anyone any financial harm. If anything they are helping to promote many obscure titles no one may have ever heard of. The number of actual completed working copies of this release may be but a few hundred if you actually take a real count.
Yet the end result is that thousands of wannabe’s will see it’s availability. And in the long run actually generate thousands of additional revenue units (sales) per actual completed files. So who actualy wins out in the end? I will leave that up to your conjecture.
It created quite a stir worldwide when StarWars3 went online and got many more people out to the theatres than might have otherwise happened had it not been serepticiously leeked. Just look at the big picture and you can come to your own conclusions as to how the net helps the industry to promo product.
July 12th, 2005 at 2:14 am
Looks like it first showed up on usenet. Could be wrong though.
July 12th, 2005 at 2:44 am
“… rewriting the meaninings of words…”
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and the spellelings, too?
July 12th, 2005 at 2:45 am
XD haha duh! why are the FBI still bothering with this!? XD
Of course movies like this are gonna be online… probably the day after their release date!
Most of the online copies aren’t even filmed here, some asian theaters get the movie a day ahead of ours, and someone there puts it on the net.
This isn’t a big deal, and they shouldn’t stop puting so much effort into stoping it, cause it will only become more common! nothing they do will stop it!
The MPAA is like an old lady that calls the cops on everyone in the apartment complex that makes loud noises at night. XD Eventually the gov is gonna stop paying attention! (except they getting paid)
July 12th, 2005 at 3:36 am
File sharing is a BOOM to GOOD movies, but a BUST to SHITTY movies. It’s very simple! If you download a movie you like, you DEFINITELY will likely go see it. Not only that, but tell all of your friends and go as a big group. But if the movie stinks, you would have wasted your bandwith and precious time downloading it, only to watch the FIRST 5 MINUTES to know it’s crap. That’s what scares hollyshit so much. Their “previews” are amazingly deceptive to MOST tv viewers, who later getting a shocking reality check when they go to the theatres and the movie is plain horse poo-poo.
God, you don’t need special effects as much as a GOOD, ORIGINAL INTERESTING STORY. Good acting is a plus, but the key is:
NO GOOD STORY ===> NO GOOD MOVIE
It’s plain and simple.
July 12th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Spiderman 2 comes to mind I rented it the other day and boy what a boring peice of sht I was I downloaded it first.
July 12th, 2005 at 7:19 am
“Goes to show that you just cant stop piracy.”
Arrrrhhh! Shiver me digital timbers!
July 12th, 2005 at 9:48 am
Yeah I agree – to be honest, a movie download is of generally poor quality (unless you get older releases ripped from dvd’s). So the actual thrill isn’t there, and if it’s an amazing movie I’d upgrade the experience. I’ve watched so much crap over the years that Hollywood served up, I see it as a great sampling service… well, my friend does, who does all the downloading etc. cough cough.
July 12th, 2005 at 10:06 am
BOON, not BOOM.
July 12th, 2005 at 11:38 am
Well, actually, it is BOOM as the allegory was to the BOOM & BUST phenomenom. BOON however is also correct but not in that context.
JFYI
Hehehehe
July 12th, 2005 at 3:56 pm
always boon, never boom. fyi.
July 13th, 2005 at 7:08 am
ahh stop nit picking and stay on topic.
I they didn’t make a fuss about it in the news 80% of people would’nt even know it was available to download. By keeping it in the news all they do is generate more hype and curious users who may think they like the mystic of being a pirate. That being said the major players in the scene have a lot of money to get these new release started online. Most people don’t have disposable income to the tune of a T3 or OC12 backbone connection. So who is really financing the $5400.00 a month in bandwidth? Can it actualy be some kids working out of their basement. Negative hype helps to keep the journalists employed too. Everybody wins. ShareMore=getMore try it on any p2p network and you will find out just how fast you can get the newest releases. It only takes a few weeks before you have incredible access to anything in the pipeline.