"Wall-E" is available on the Internet, already!

[Archae]

A bittorent download.

Sounds like it's one of those "camcorder pirated" movies, some guy sneaks a camcorder into a first-run movie and tapes the movie.

Looks like crap, and the sound is horrible.
But people will buy these pirated movies.

[Lex]

1. Some internet providers monitor that sort of usage

--the amount and volume of download time for pirated movies.

[PeaceNikki]

2. Major motion pics are available online that way before the movie even opens.

It's a crazy world in which we live.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. That's nothing out of the ordinary.

[littlebit]

4. There are a few truckers

that go around selling bootlegs in the truck stops. They sell them for $5 per movie or 5 movies for $20.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. I can find bootleg DVDs in Harlem weeks before the movie comes out.

And they're ripped from the master, not recorded in the theater.