Star Wars film found on the net

Within a few hours of the first screenings of the latest instalment of Star Wars being shown in the cinemas, a copy of Revenge of the Sith has been leaked onto a major file-sharing network.

According to www.Waxy.org, one print was leaked on Wednesday before the film was even released in theatres. The movie was time-stamped and came from within the industry rather than from someone who videotaped an advance screening.

The Motion Picture Association of America has been aggressive in going after websites that provide "tracker" links that enable BitTorrent downloads of copyrighted material, including six lawsuits this week against sites with links to TV shows.

The BitTorrent community yesterday responded by releasing a version of the software which installs tracker information on the client rather than the server.