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Marvel Studios is reportedly closing in on the serial leakers who leaked Ant-Man Quantumania script thanks to a federal subpoena issued to Reddit and google.
Disney and Marvel Studios have owned Hollywood for over a decade thanks to their Marvel Cinematic Universe. The brainchild of Kevin Feige has rebirthed careers and delivered countless new stars. Most of the top 20 highest-grossing films of all time belong to Marvel. With a franchise storyline that’s almost older than Apple’s iPhone Disney’s asset protection tries its hardest to keep details internal. Even with their best efforts leaks still happen, most notoriously Spider-Man: No Way Homes multi-spidey reunion was ruined online.
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Marvel Studios Secures Federal Subpoena To Identify Serial Leakers Spoiling MCU Films
Very rarely does a film studio have a leak of actual footage of a Spider-man returning spoiled almost a year before the film’s release. Ever since that leak, smaller leaks have also popped up but the floodgates opened when the Ant-Man: Quantumania script leaked online. Now, Disney and Marvel are fighting back through the legal system. According to the Hollywood Reporter, yesterday a federal judge in California issued subpoenas to Reddit and Google directing them to identify those who leaked the script. Reddit received a subpoena due to the script being posted in r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers. Google on the other hand was dragged into legal action due to the script link being shared via a Google document.
“The subpoena was filed under Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which permits copyright owners to obtain information identifying alleged infringers. The law is intended to criminalize practices intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works.”
Once the leakers are identified Marvel is reportedly going to seek litigation against everyone involved. This could be one of the biggest lawsuits in entertainment history involving copyright infringement versus online freedoms and protections. From one perspective, yes leaking should be a crime but also it’s just non-harmful words being posted online. Either way, those involved better have a ton of cash for their legal defense. If Disney and Marvel can’t get them prosecuted the case will certainly bankrupt the average person.
