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So there are already pirated copies of the new Star Wars<\/i> flick<\/a> showing up on the Internet. Oh, my God, the evils of piracy …<\/p>\n

Kutner [PR rep for the MPAA] could not estimate the financial losses of Internet piracy to the studios, but she said they are mounting.
\n“There is an incalculable financial loss to (the movie industry) right now and that will only grow as the ability to pirate movies on the Internet through broadband access is available to more people,” said Kutner. <\/p>\n

Now, really … how many audience members do you think will be lost by folks downloading Attack of the Clones <\/i>from the Net? These are exactly the folks who are running off to see the film eleventy-dozen times already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So there are already pirated copies of the new Star Wars flick showing up on the Internet. 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