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posted by FatPhil on Thursday July 05 2018, @07:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the time-travel-would-help dept.

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Last week, an incomplete scene featuring Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor surreptitiously hit the web, giving fans eager for leaks and spoilers a taste of what to expect from the next season of Doctor Who. But while in the entertainment business leaks and spoilers are part and parcel of the industry, in this case, the BBC is none too pleased about it.

In fact, the corporation has filed an application in a California court this week in an effort to expose the person who put the leaked footage online—hoping California’s Federal Court would put pressure on Tapatalk, whose messaging service was used to upload and disseminate a non-final, 53-second clip of Whittaker’s Doctor in action. The BBC isn’t accusing Tapatalk of any wrongdoing; rather, it just wants details on the user that uploaded the clip, so it can attempt to isolate just where in Doctor Who’s long line of production the clip got leaked.

Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-bbc-is-heading-to-court-to-hunt-down-a-doctor-who-l-1827319614


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Bot on Thursday July 05 2018, @08:14PM

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday July 05 2018, @08:14PM (#703199) Journal

    The leak of anything except complete episodes does little damage and generates a lot of buzz, especially when there are reactions like this. My money is on the leak as a publicity stunt. Throw in some anti pirate propaganda, for good measure. Make the bad guy some cryptocurrency criminal, some illegal site owner...

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