Question

It’s bold to steal a movie. Any movie. But a surefire
blockbuster like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Fox’s makeor-break
$130 million summermovie tentpole? That takes
nerves of adamantium. And the fact that someone
somehow did manage to swipe such an incredibly highprofile
project is sending shock waves of panic throughout
the industry. ‘’This is certainly a lesson for us all,’’ says
Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman. ‘’We, like everybody
else, thought our system was secure.’’ Yet, on April 1,
there it was: an unfinished version of the movie, available
online a full month before its release date. (Since then,
the file has been accessed 100,000 times, and the
blogosphere buzz has been mixed at best.) Fox is working
with the FBI to find the culprit — ‘’Somebody’s going to
end up in jail for a long time,’’ insists Rothman — but no
arrests had been made as of press time. Hollywood
bigwigs, who have taken their case for tougher antipiracy
laws all the way to Congress, are certainly out for blood.
‘’You have to find the [thief] and you’ve got to give him
serious time,’’ says director Tony Scott (The Taking of
Pelham 1 2 3). In fact, when he first heard of the theft, ‘’I
said, shoot him!’’’ That harsh brand of justice has swept
up those even tangentially involved in the scandal: Fox
News columnist Roger Friedman was fired for
downloading the movie and posting a positive review.
When the smoke clears, what impact will any of this have
on the movie’s box office haul? Hard to say. When Ang
Lee’s Hulk was pirated in 2003, Universal Pictures
claimed the theft — of a close-to-finished print — cost
it $100 million. (That could have been posturing: Themovie was also leveled by brutal reviews. Universal had
no comment for this story.) At least one industry insider
thinks the exposure may boost ticket sales. ‘’Everyone
was talking about Star Trek before this happened,’’ he
notes. ‘’Now everyone’s focused on Wolverine.’’

According to the text, culprit probably means
a) a person in charge of reviewing recently made movies.
b) a person that prints official reports related to movies
and TV series.
c) a person that deals with movie tickets sold to the public
online.
d) a person who has committed a crime or done
something wrong.
e) a movie producer who is also involved with online
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Answer 1

A resposta corre é (d).