While studios have come to accept that their movies will quickly find their way onto the Internet after their theatrical releases, they have been fighting hard to prevent them from landing online before they hit the big screen. For the past few years, the studios seemed to be succeeding in that mission, with few prerelease-piracy issues. (…) But nefarious incidents are on the upswing again. Earlier this year, „Ratatouille,“ the animated film from Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar, began appearing online about 10 days before its release. Other titles that have been affected this year include Weinstein Co.’s „Sicko“ and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.’s „Hostel: Part II.“ The rash of incidents shows that leaks may be occurring during postproduction, when various vendors working on each film have access to it.
Pirates Foil Hollywood’s High-Tech Security im Wallstreet Journal
