Marvel granted court order forcing Google to give up 'Avengers' trailer leaker

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Disney isn’t just asking Google to turn over the IP address of the person responsible for leaking the trailer of Avengers: Age of Ultron nearly a week early – they’re demanding it.

On the outside, Marvel acted as if the early leak wasn’t a major deal. They sent a takedown notice for the trailer before launching the official version shortly after. The company even playfully referenced the incident on Twitter.

Behind the scenes, however, Marvel was pissed.

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Earlier this week, they asked a judge for a subpoena against Google to help determine the identity of the leaker. The subpoena was granted a day later.

All we really know at this point is the video was uploaded to Google Drive by someone with the username “John Gazelle.” The judge presiding over the matter has ordered Google to hand over the IP address associated with the Google Drive account in addition to any IPs associated with the user’s Google+ and YouTube accounts.

Google has been instructed to present said information in a court hearing on November 18.

Some will no doubt question why Marvel is going after someone so hard over a leaked trailer. Marvel’s thinking is likely that if they have access to the trailer early, they may also have access to post the full movie ahead of its theatrical release.

Such was the case this past summer with the new Expendables movie that ultimately turned out to be a flop in theaters. Was the early leak to blame?

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The thing with the Expendables is, those are awful movies and people just watch them for the cast (Myself included, who could blame me for wanting to see a movie where I could watch T800, Rambo and McClane in the same scene).

But it was just that, sadly.
 
Someone (a) violated an NDA and (b) uploaded copyrighted material without permission. Marvel is completely within its rights to pursue this clown. I hope it was worth his career and possibly his freedom to be "l337" for 15 minutes.
 
Well if the person didn't use TOR to upload the clip then he/she deserves to get caught. If they did then the IP google has is useless if your familiar with TOR.
 
If anything is to be learned is once you have a google account youtube and such
you put yourself in those companies hands and all your actions are tracked

other then that if people are going to jail over this garbage the last thing I want is to be part of these stupid movies and contribute by paying anything for them or even watching them or discussing them
 
Really tho ? Freedom ? The internet is "way to serious". It was nothing but a place to view porn once upon a time, now its, a place to see people upload nude selfies... ah how times have changed.
A flawed technology, a flawed world, flawed man made BS laws to protect what... really, you is all gonna die *** clowns what you trying to protect. Bullsh1t at the end of the day its all just fluff. I get that this guy had a job, and personally I wouldn't have broken the trust of someone to upload it early.
But imprisonment over a movie. People really have a F'd up sense of right and wrong these days. Or what punishment fits the so called alleged crime. Oh no who did he hurt... whooooooo? No one now STFU!
 
Honestly the person in question deserves to be punished because he is uploading copyrighted material and could damage a movie/name before it comes out. While I am not saying uploading the trailer early is the worst kind of offence as the article stated the real problem is how he got that and how much else does he have. If hes part of the company and thought he was being cool doing this than its his problem for violating the terms of his contract depending of course who the person is.
 
Well if the person didn't use TOR to upload the clip then he/she deserves to get caught. If they did then the IP google has is useless if your familiar with TOR.

Even if he/she did use TOR the person still deserves to get caught. It is wrong to steal it and publish it without permission. A lot of time and money were invested in making a movie.
 
Well if the person didn't use TOR to upload the clip then he/she deserves to get caught. If they did then the IP google has is useless if your familiar with TOR.

Even if he/she did use TOR the person still deserves to get caught. It is wrong to steal it and publish it without permission. A lot of time and money were invested in making a movie.

dude its a TRAILER not even the movie. I can understand that sharing movies is a bad thing but the tailer for a movie?! WTF
 
Someone (a) violated an NDA and (b) uploaded copyrighted material without permission. Marvel is completely within its rights to pursue this clown. I hope it was worth his career and possibly his freedom to be "l337" for 15 minutes.
Exactly. I enjoyed seeing the trailer early because of the leak, but I don't like when people think that they can get away with and ruin these things. People that can't keep an NDA shouldn't be in the industry.
 
dude its a TRAILER not even the movie. I can understand that sharing movies is a bad thing but the tailer for a movie?! WTF
Calm down, cowboy. Trailer or not, it's not up to you to decide when they should be released. You are also assuming that the release of the trailer has no business impact on the filemaker. Timing is everything, not to mention contract, legal obligation, etc. At the end of the day, it is their property.
 
Really tho ? Freedom ? The internet is "way to serious". It was nothing but a place to view porn once upon a time, now its, a place to see people upload nude selfies... ah how times have changed.
For me, the internet still is just a place to watch porn. Although I wouldn't want to see Sylvester Stallone in the raw. In fact, I don't think I've seen a full Rocky movie since the original! I did suffer through a couple of "Rambo" flicks. "Rocky", is funnier when he's bulletproof...(y) So, I guess you could say that, (IMHO), Sylvester Stallone movies are "expendable", in more than title.

Does this mean I'm a Luddite, as well as a run of the mill dirty old man?:eek:

Did Stallone finally reach his goal of an Academy Award for any of "The Expendables" sequence? Or was he tragically overlooked yet again for Steven Seagal or John Claude Van Damme?
 
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"dude its a TRAILER not even the movie. I can understand that sharing movies is a bad thing but the tailer for a movie?! WTF"

Did you read the article until finished? Marvel’s thinking is likely that if they have access to the trailer early, they may also have access to post the full movie ahead of its theatrical release.
 
Well if the person didn't use TOR to upload the clip then he/she deserves to get caught. If they did then the IP google has is useless if your familiar with TOR.

Even if he/she did use TOR the person still deserves to get caught. It is wrong to steal it and publish it without permission. A lot of time and money were invested in making a movie.

dude its a TRAILER not even the movie. I can understand that sharing movies is a bad thing but the tailer for a movie?! WTF
a free trailer that was going to be released before the movie anyway.......
 
Good luck with getting the genuine ip of someone who knows what they're doing.
 
Not everyone knows what they are doing. I've heard some crazy stories. Like someone having services done on their car and then decide to rob the place afterward. Local authorities were waiting for them at their home when they arrived. You never know, the leak could have been done without masking IP. Besides why mask an IP when there are wireless hotspots available everywhere.
 
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