Hollywood studio IP addresses caught pirating rivals’ films

[evewithanapple]

Internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with several major Hollywood studios were recently logged using bittorrent networks to share films created by rival studios, according to a report on peer-to-peer blog TorrentFreak.

Working with the bittorrent tracking service ScanEye, TorrentFreak identified IP addresses registered to Paramount, Disney,

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[seishin]

[amber_protocol]

I was going to go with a Mr Burns "Excellent" gif, but this is so much more apt.

[seishin]

Proof that there is an appropriate Simpsons quote/gif/soundbite for EVERY situation. :)

[layweed]

whoops.

[lantean_breeze]

"Yeah, usually this is some employee who installs bittorrent on their laptop at home and forgets to turn it off when they come into the office--rather than some sort of concerted, company-condoned activity

[otana]

I have to wonder. Paramount has guest wifi (I don't remember if Sony does) and when you sign in they give you the daily password on your pass so theoretically it could be someone working there for the day? That said I can't imagine there wouldn't be restrictions and firewalls and such and maybe it's a different IP.

Hilarious either way!

[seishin]

I'd be *shocked* if those guest-passes didnt have firewalls on top of firewalls and other restrictions.

[otana]

No kidding. I only used it to check my email on downtime on my phone, it wouldn't have occurred to me to try and pirate a movie on a movie studio lot haha.

[lantean_breeze]

Exactly. Even places like Whole Foods have a firewall for their guest wireless services. They can't do better than a grocery store??? LOL!

[tiddlywinks103]

Douches.