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Walt Disney Co hunts for person responsible for leaking Ant-Man script

The entertainment giant was granted subpoenas Monday ordering Alphabet's Google, Reddit to turn over any data they have that would identify the person or persons who posted the script on their sites

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Walt Disney Co. is hunting for whoever is responsible for distributing the then unreleased script of its latest Marvel blockbuster Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
 
The entertainment giant was granted subpoenas Monday ordering Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Reddit to turn over any data they have that would identify the person or persons who posted the script on their sites. The companies must turn over the information by March 24 at the San Francisco office of Disney’s lawyers, Latham & Watkins LLP, according to the subpoenas.

The leaked script reportedly appeared on a Reddit forum in late January, about three weeks

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