![]() ![]() A single lapse in security is all they need. ![]() Had DeGeneres’s staff been any less negligent, to be sure, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty would have found its way into the clutches of pirates by alternative means. Which makes it rather difficult to assign blame. At this point holiday piracy isn’t simply common: it’s inevitable, unavoidable. But the crisis proved a reminder of how vulnerable Hollywood movies are to theft – and of just how many sources of theft there are. It seemed Ellen was responsible for piracy.Įventually the leak was deemed the fault of a lower-level Ellen DeGeneres Show employee, and DeGeneres herself was duly exonerated. It seemed doubtful that a beloved TV personality would conspire to leak a high-profile Ben Stiller comedy to the internet, true. Those who downloaded the film were surprised to find the screen emblazoned with the name of their unlikely benefactor: Ellen DeGeneres, plainly identified by the glassy block letters of the watermark. On the morning of 9 January 2014, a copy of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty appeared online, quite illegally, as tends to happen around this time of year. ![]()
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