Pirated Copies Of "American Gangster" Being Sold Early

Wall Street Journal:

In a prominent movie piracy case, a high-quality version of Universal Pictures' Oscar hopeful "American Gangster" is being illegally downloaded online and sold by street vendors in Los Angeles more than a week before its release in theaters.

The movie, which stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, is being distributed by General Electric Co.'s Universal Pictures and is set to open on Nov. 2. Yet it has been available for about 24 hours on various filesharing sites, and high-quality DVDs were being sold for $5 in Los Angeles this morning.

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Comments

[GladysKnightsPIP]

Just downloaded it ....took about a hour....it­s a 800MB AVI and looks great on my 24 inch wide screen ViewSonic.

[rektruax]

Just curious GKP, but does the film in any way glorify the gangster life?

It would be too funny to watch the entertainment mafia crack down on piracy over a movie that in any way glorifies criminal behavior. Too funny...

[repubesnivel]

I don't know how I can go on living. This is just too much.


Farewell, cruel world.

[GladysKnightsPIP]

http://www.mininova.org

[Ginzaman]

Capitalism in action.

[truthyguy]

Please post where I can buy a copy.