At Sundance, Weinstein Co.’s Bob Weinstein got a first-hand taste of the challenge facing the studios when a technician fixing a television set in his hotel room recommended the film “Apollo 18.” Mr. Weinstein, whose company distributed the film, says he was thrilled—until the man added that he had downloaded a free copy and could do the same for Mr. Weinstein within 20 minutes. “That’s my movie!” Mr. Weinstein says he exclaimed. “You’re arrested!
Attention, Wall Street Journal archivists: Please file this anecdote under “Things that probably didn’t happen.”
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