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First 36 minutes of latest 'Harry Potter' leaked online

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 16 Nov 2010 2:06 User comments (10)

First 36 minutes of latest 'Harry Potter' leaked online In what is certainly the most notable movie leak in some time, the first 36 minutes of the latest Harry Potter film are now widely available on the Internet.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, will debut in the U.S. on Friday.

The "extended clip," which is tagged as a DVD-Screener, has a large Warner Bros. watermark but is otherwise intact.

In 2007, a PDF of the book was leaked the week before the title was set for release.

The question now remains as to why the screener is only 36 minutes long, but the consensus is that Warner Bros. was so scared of a leak that they cut down the amount shown in the screeners they sent out.

It could also be that Warner just leaked the clip themselves to add to the hype, not that the Harry Potter series, especially this film, needs any more.

Regardless, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will make over $100 million at the Box Office this weekend.

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10 user comments

116.11.2010 16:22

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It could also be that Warner just leaked the clip themselves to add to the hype
Just got a funny feeling. What if most movie torrents are uploaded by people like this, and then when it comes to IP Address collection time, they starting suing, making more money for the movie. Wouldn't be surprised, just a (conspiracy) theory though. And by the way conspiracy contains the word Piracy. :D

216.11.2010 16:55

Why use torrents when there's so many other ways of getting it which don't reveal your ip address so blatantly to everyone? Silly noobs. ;)

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 16 Nov 2010 @ 5:00

316.11.2010 20:31

and what would these other means be?

im interested

416.11.2010 21:33

Originally posted by hikaricor:
Why use torrents when there's so many other ways of getting it which don't reveal your ip address so blatantly to everyone? Silly noobs. ;)
Please explain to me how you can use the internet with a direct connection to the source and not have your IP address shown or even visible.

HTTP, FTP, TORRENT, P2P, NEWSGROUPS all connect to some sort of IP. Honestly the only way to not show it is to go to a Lan party or raid a mates HD.

As for the 36 minute leak it was warner, honestly. it is a screener apparently from warner and they are doing market research to see how much attention it get's so they can go out to the strip club to celebrate annoying all them fans out there with a 36 minute clip.

I bet you they been smoking something and thought it would be funny :P

516.11.2010 23:53

What part of blatantly to everyone was in any way confusing?
Of course when you directly connect to any source your IP is visible but none so widely as when torrenting..

617.11.2010 06:57

then just get IP Hide......DOH!!!!

717.11.2010 13:37

Originally posted by Zealousi:
Originally posted by hikaricor:
Why use torrents when there's so many other ways of getting it which don't reveal your ip address so blatantly to everyone? Silly noobs. ;)
Please explain to me how you can use the internet with a direct connection to the source and not have your IP address shown or even visible.

HTTP, FTP, TORRENT, P2P, NEWSGROUPS all connect to some sort of IP. Honestly the only way to not show it is to go to a Lan party or raid a mates HD.

VPN

817.11.2010 15:52

When I'm downloading, only server I'm using knows my IP and even HE doesn't know what exactly it is that I'm dowloading.... I feel fairly covered. I wouldn't torrent again if my life depended on it.

918.11.2010 00:50

how do you find the good stuff that DOSENT involve torrents?

can anyone PM me with some good sites that ae free?

1019.11.2010 14:00

Originally posted by marcusj0015:
how do you find the good stuff that DOSENT involve torrents?

can anyone PM me with some good sites that ae free?
I'd be interested in learning that, too...

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