nsane.forums Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Belarus TV viewers who saw The Hurt Locker on TV last Sunday noticed something odd. In the middle of all the action, near the end of the movie, a female voice-over interrupted with the following announcement:“This release is created exclusively for interfilm.ru.” Although these words may not have rung a bell with all viewers, those who use BitTorrent know Interfilm.ru as a prominent BitTorrent tracker. The site was raided in 2009 after the MPAA applied pressure on the Russian authorities, and it is now at the center of copyright infringement claim which runs to a staggering $1.25 billion.It is not uncommon for this voice-over message to appear in movie torrents uploaded to Interfilm, but it is quite unusual for National State Television to broadcast them.The message was first picked up by a Belarusian blogger who posted it on his website, from where it spread to several major news outlets including Lenta.ru. National State Television, who allegedly aired the pirated copy of The Hurt Locker, have yet to respond to the mishap.It is of course painful that this slip-up should happen during the Academy Award ceremony, and that it references the first ever BitTorrent site to be raided in Russia. The Hurt Locker makers, who sued thousands of BitTorrent users in the United States last year, will obviously be upset at this blatant act of copyright infringement. A DVD copy of The Hurt Locker leaked online in January 2009, several months before the official release. In the months that followed pirated copies were downloaded by millions of people, and now it also has the dubious honor of being the first ‘torrented’ movie to appear on national television.Hurt Locker Clip with the voice-over View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 LMAO! They messed up pretty bad. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Definitely funny!who would have thought such possible in almost center of Europe, but then who would believe plain dictatorship too?ANW condolences to whoever is responsible, as Tyrone is probably going to hang that person now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Meh, Belarus is not that criminally behind times. It happened because piracy is so widespread in East Europe it's practically "official". Wanna know why? Because people are damn poor and can't even afford food many times. But nobody will hang or get imprisoned probably, just a "spank" on the next salary for the guilty ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 @ Toyo- I wish you where right about it, but considering Lukashenko's effort to normalize relations with US and EU.. best of luck to poor offender!BTW look-up what that despot done to protesters in it's own county! :fear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Yeah he's a dictator. Anything could happen, but meh, remains to be seen what the developments, if any, will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majithia23 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 big time Fail .... poor fellows .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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