Argentinian student denies accessing private server and distributing images from the final instalment in the Twilight saga, as Hollywood studio takes legal action
In one corner, a major Hollywood studio responsible for one of the most successful film franchises of the past decade, Twilight. In the other, an unfortunate fan from a small town in Argentina for whom a simple foray on to the internet landed her at the centre of a major hacking enquiry.
At least, that is how Daiana Santia would like the world to see it. The 24-year-old economics student from Posadas on the Argentinian border with Paraguay staged a press conference in her home town to accuse Hollywood film company, Summit, of being a "greedy bully" for suing her in the US district court following a dispute over stolen images of the fourth film in the teen vampire series, Breaking Dawn. Santia said she had looked at the images while surfing the internet, but denied hacking into a private server – as contended by Summit – and redistributing them to others.
"You enter by navigating, entering by different links," she said. "I closed everything and that was it. I couldn't do it again even if I wanted to. I only saw it, I didn't distribute it like they say."
This was swiftly dismissed by Summit, which said it had decided to take legal action as a last resort, after efforts to ensure she no longer had access to the offending files had proved fruitless. The studio said its target had already confessed to stealing the images, but had reneged on an agreement for officials to visit her to check her computer.
"First and most important this is NOT about greed or the studio wanting to bully a woman from a small town in Argentina," said Summit in a statement. "Rather, it is about stolen material that is private and sensitive which was obtained by illegally accessing private/secure servers as well as personal email accounts. Ms Santia's actions came to light after these materials began appearing on the internet towards the end of March 2011."
The final instalment in the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn is split into two parts. The first is due to debut in November, with the second following a year later.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/aug/05/breaking-dawn-images-hacking-case
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