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A reasonably well-connected guy with a friend on the 20th Century Fox who's said to have regular contact with Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Tom Rothman (and who was questioned yesterday by an investigator regarding the Wolverine piracy) has been told that "within the last few days" -- i.e., prior to the Wolverine work print appearing online -- "Rupert Murdoch received a package at his New York office that contained a DVD copy of the leaked Wolverine."
The Fox guy allegedly said that "most people involved are considering the delivery a big 'eff you' to Murdoch and Fox."
I tried checking this with two off-the-lot sources who might have heard something, and with Murdoch's office and Newscorp. corporate spokesperson. Everyone claimed they hadn't heard the story and/or had no reason to believe it's true. The story sounds too much like an urban legend. To me, at least. It's too colorful and dramatic, like a scene out of a screenplay about the Wolverine work-print thievery, and a little bit like the opening of Zodiac.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 2, 2009 at 7:44 AM
comment #1
moorish
says ...
Be great if it was true. Shame it probably isn't.
Posted by moorish
at April 2, 2009 8:56 AM
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DeafBrownTrashPunk
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I hope this is true. Murdoch=More Douche
Posted by DeafBrownTrashPunk
at April 2, 2009 9:23 AM
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erniesouchak
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Uh, now we're comparing piracy to serial murder?
Posted by erniesouchak
at April 2, 2009 10:13 AM
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CinematicallyCorrect.com
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Soooo...piracy is okay because the product being pirated is owned by Fox? Got it.
Actually, this sounds like a great way to stimulate the economy...get stuff for free! There's a lot of that going around these days...
Posted by CinematicallyCorrect.com
at April 2, 2009 10:30 AM
comment #5
storymark
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"Soooo...piracy is okay because the product being pirated is owned by Fox? Got it."
...?
No one said that...
Posted by storymark
at April 2, 2009 2:26 PM
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TVMCCA
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Perhaps it all started when Glenn Beck asked Roger Ailes if he could see WOLVERINE early.
Posted by TVMCCA
at April 2, 2009 11:15 PM
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free games
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Be great if it was true. Shame it probably isn't.
Posted by free games
at October 26, 2009 9:37 AM
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Nathanial
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this sounds like a great way to stimulate the economy...get stuff for free! There's a lot of that going around these days...
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at December 10, 2009 2:47 AM
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grace1111
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It's true the story sounds too much like an urban legend. It's too colorful and dramatic, like a scene out of a screenplay about the Wolverine work-print thievery, and a little bit like the opening of Zodiac.
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