“Innovative Artists has fully cooperated with Warner Brothers from the first moment Warner Brothers informed Innovative that two award screener movies had been found on an Internet bit torrent site in December 2015,” the statement said.
Warner Brothers alleges that Innovative Artists used illegal ripping software to copy the films to its digital distribution platform, where they were then made available for downloading and streaming.
Warner Brothers is suing a talent agency for allegedly making copies of films from DVDs sent for Academy Award consideration and allowing them to be leaked on to the internet.
Warner Brothers is well aware, from its past experience with other industry entities, the sharing of award screeners is commonplace within the Hollywood community.”