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Jason Baker
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I would be a distinction between a work being available and a work being released.

A work being available just means you've seen/consumed it it; a leaked Star Wars movie, or an accidentally-released Harry Potter book.

A work being released means that the producer has decided to make it available in your region, as with Age of Ultron being released internationally weeks before it was released in North America.

To my mind, it depends onthe Future-Works policy is more concerned with when works are howreleased you've seen it, rather than merely when they're available.

  • If viewing the movie requires you to break the law (e.g. you buy a DVD out of somebody's suitcase, or you download it from the Internet), then yes, I would VTC your question. That movie has not been released, it has been illegally leaked.

  • If a theatre accidentally screened the movie to paying customers (which seems unlikely, but for the sake of argument), I would VTC. The movie was unfairly released to a minority of watchers, in advance of Disney's intentions. Repeat viewings are almost certainly impossible, so it doesn't seem fair to say that it was released.

  • If it was intentionally released early in your country by Disney, then I would not VTC. Disney has sanctioned the release of the movie in some countries, and that's okay.

If the only way you can see the movie is to download it illegally, I have a hard time calling that "released."

To my mind, it depends on how you've seen it.

  • If viewing the movie requires you to break the law (e.g. you buy a DVD out of somebody's suitcase, or you download it from the Internet), then yes, I would VTC your question. That movie has not been released, it has been illegally leaked.

  • If a theatre accidentally screened the movie to paying customers (which seems unlikely, but for the sake of argument), I would VTC. The movie was unfairly released to a minority of watchers, in advance of Disney's intentions. Repeat viewings are almost certainly impossible, so it doesn't seem fair to say that it was released.

  • If it was intentionally released early in your country by Disney, then I would not VTC. Disney has sanctioned the release of the movie in some countries, and that's okay.

I would be a distinction between a work being available and a work being released.

A work being available just means you've seen/consumed it it; a leaked Star Wars movie, or an accidentally-released Harry Potter book.

A work being released means that the producer has decided to make it available in your region, as with Age of Ultron being released internationally weeks before it was released in North America.

To my mind, the Future-Works policy is more concerned with when works are released, rather than merely when they're available.

If the only way you can see the movie is to download it illegally, I have a hard time calling that "released."

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Jason Baker
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To my mind, it depends on how you've seen it.

  • If viewing the movie requires you to break the law (e.g. you buy a DVD out of somebody's suitcase, or you download it from the Internet), then yes, I would VTC your question. That movie has not been released, it has been illegally leaked.

  • If a theatre accidentally screened the movie to paying customers (which seems unlikely, but for the sake of argument), I would VTC. The movie was unfairly released to a minority of watchers, in advance of Disney's intentions. Repeat viewings are almost certainly impossible, so it doesn't seem fair to say that it was released.

  • If it was intentionally released early in your country by Disney, then I would not VTC. Disney has sanctioned the release of the movie in some countries, and that's okay.