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LOS ANGELES — After a nine-month hunt, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested a Bronx man on Wednesday suspected of posting an unfinished version of the 20th Century Fox movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” on the Web before it was released in theaters.

✖ Via ‘X-Men’ Piracy Hunt Leads to Arrest of Bronx Man - NYTimes.com

– “Study finds pirates 10 times more likely to buy music” (Guardian.co.uk, April 21st, 2009)
– Similar studies (a simple Google search)
– A poll on a website providing information about new scene release.

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Here’s an overview of the 10 most downloaded books on BitTorrent this year. The list shows us that illicit book downloads are not yet threatening the best selling authors you’ll find in the New York Times list.

✖ Via FreakBits: The 10 Most Pirated eBooks of 2009.

1. Kamasutra 2. Adobe Photoshop Secrets 3. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amazing Sex 4. The Lost Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci 5. Solar House – A Guide for the Solar Designer 6. Before Pornography – Erotic Writing In Early Modern England 7. Twilight – Complete Series 8. How To Get Anyone To Say YES – The Science Of Influence 9. Nude Photography – The Art And The Craft 10. Fix It – How To Do All Those Little Repair Jobs Around The Home

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• Sep 16, 2009 link notes tagged: communication technology computer torrent book author evolution internet pirate copyright