Hollywood was already revving up to lobby Washington for tougher anti-piracy enforcement before “X- Men Origins: Wolverine” leaked onto the Internet.

The illegal posting of the film last week, a month before News Corp. releases it to theaters, has given studios and their allies in Washington more ammunition to press for federal aid against piracy and highlight the cost to the economy.

“There are a lot of jobs that aren’t going to exist because of theft, a lot of investments aren’t going to be made,” U.S. Representative Howard Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in an interview.

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