Spoilers are a growing problem for Marvel Studios, which with every release is faced with internet leaks that threaten to ruin fans’ experience of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It happened with ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, whose surprises were revealed in advance on social networks, and also with its latest theatrical release, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’, whose script was partially leaked a month after its official launch.
After several years facing this problem, Marvel has decided to take legal action to find the person or people who leaked 63 pages of the script for the third installment of ‘Ant-Man’ on Reddit. On Friday, March 10, the studio filed a subpoena in a California federal court to compel Reddit to reveal the identity of the person responsible, who shared the script on the r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers subreddit on January 20, 2023, nearly a month earlier. of the premiere of the film, which took place on February 17th.
According to Variety, Marvel requested “all information identifying the user ‘u/MSSmods'”as well as that of “any other user or users responsible for posting, modifying or maintaining the content”. Website TorrentFreak has revealed that the dialogue was leaked from a Portuguese website and it is very likely that it belongs to a version adapted for subtitles. Marvel requires the subpoena under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a law that protects copyrighted works and punishes copyright infringement.
In statements to the same medium, Reddit responded to Marvel’s subpoena request, yes, without clarifying whether or not it will accept Marvel’s request. “Reddit is committed to protecting the privacy of our users”says a company spokesman. “We have rigorous processes in place to evaluate legal requests and raise objections when appropriate”. On the other hand, Marvel has started the same process with Google, which also requires the removal of copyrighted content.
Consequences on Reddit
Waiting to hear if Reddit will have to opt out and share the requested personal information, the popular website has closed the subreddit /r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers, dedicated to talking about Marvel projects with spoilers. Before its closure, the /u/MSSmods account left a message explaining it “This subreddit was created by ‘someone’ because I hated going on the Marvel Studios subreddit. I wanted to know everything that was coming out, leaks, spoilers, etc… but the policy was so strict that I couldn’t’” Don’t talk anything without being asked. They’ll kick him out, ban him or send a message”. User details (via ComicBook) how the forum started small and grew to get the attention of the Marvel folk, “which, sadly, means Disney knows it too”. The user ends up offering his position as a moderator, “including all legal ramifications”before closing on Monday 13 March.
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ is the MCU’s lowest critical rated film along with ‘Eternals’ (as of this writing, both have 47% on Rotten Tomatoes). One month after its release, the film directed by Peyton Reed It has amassed $448.34 million worldwide which puts it at the bottom of the Multiverse Saga in terms of collections.
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