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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   
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/

• Re:... and? Re:... and? (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday February 04 2015, @07:03AM

  by frojack (1554) on Wednesday February 04 2015, @07:03AM (#141028) Journal

  Ever notice how many cameras there are in starbucks?

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• Re:... and? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 04 2015, @08:43AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 04 2015, @08:43AM (#141047)

  I'd use tor somewhere outside Starbucks ;).

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• Re:... and? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 04 2015, @04:06PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 04 2015, @04:06PM (#141165)

  Using cameras won't magically enable you to see everyone's laptops, and by the time they find out which Starbucks, the footage might be gone.

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