Eight people have been charged by US authorities with the illegal online release of the final Star Wars film before it appeared in cinemas. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was leaked onto the internet the day before the film's worldwide release in May.
Documents from the court in Los Angeles allege the copy was taken from a post-production facility in California, where one of the defendants worked.
The defendants are charged with various offences relating to the leak.
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piracy...oh piracy, hummmm...I guess it was fun till he got caught....
Yarrr! 'Em yellow-bellied scurvy dogs be wanking em planks ove'Davy Jones' locker!! Gyarrrrr!
Wanking planks? That's a disturbing image.
Every self-righteous pirate jerks of a wooden plank or two in his days. That or a couple peg-legs.
Ladies and gentlemen, Cyris has managed to go from "mildly amusing" to "outright retarded." Please, congratulate him on his accomplishment. :P
Yay, Cyris! :P