Police in the UK have seized tens of thousands of illegal copies of the latest Lord of the Rings movie. Where did the copies come from? From an Oscar voter. Copies of the film were sent to Oscar judges with strict warnings not to copy them. But the illegal copies include a “for your consideration” Academy Award message that pops up every 15 minutes, indicating it was a judge’s copy. “These direct digital copies were a much better quality than traditional pirated movies, which are usually made using a handheld video camera to record the film during a screening.”