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Lucasfilm Heads to Court to Unmask "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Image Leaker

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 03 2015, @08:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the pics-or-it-didn't-happen-oh-wait... dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Lucasfilm is demanding that popular photo-sharing site ImageShack ( https://imageshack.com ) cough up the identity of one of its users the studio says uploaded an infringing photograph connected to its upcoming Star Wars movie.

ImageShack has already deleted the picture from user "Darth-Simi" whose account was used to post a picture that was described as a villain from the upcoming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" movie. The image included a glimpse of a red crossguard lightsaber like the one shown in a teaser trailer officially released in November. Lucasfilm's parent company, Disney, is seeking a San Francisco federal court to order California-based ImageShack to turn over Darth-Simi's personal information.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/lucasfilm-heads-to-court-to-unmask-star-wars-the-force-awakens-image-leaker/

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Tuesday February 03 2015, @10:22PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Tuesday February 03 2015, @10:22PM (#140886)

    Most people don't think that far ahead, nor do they have the technical proficiency to pull it off.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by digitalaudiorock on Tuesday February 03 2015, @10:27PM

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Tuesday February 03 2015, @10:27PM (#140891)

    ...and we all know based on all the TV network cop dramas that none of this matters, as in seconds they can always find your street address, the gps coordinates at which the picture was taken, and your brand of underwear.