Top five films among pirates!

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Joelcool7 said:

pezus said:

Joelcool7 said:

Well TorrentFreak.com a website dedicated to tracking pirates and illegal activity on the internet has released its annual findings. Which movies are the most pirated films in the world. The list includes five huge hits and very successful titles but which movies do pirates just not care to pay for?

What are the top five stolen films on the internet? The top five listed from most downloaded to least by millions of downloads!

1 'Avatar' (2009) - 21 million

2 'The Dark Knight' (2008) - 19 million

3 'Transformers' (2007) - 19 million

4 'Inception' (2010) - 18 million

5 'The Hangover' (2009) - 17 million

Are you surprised? I sort of am I mean these movies were all some of the best films released in the last few years. Why would people not actually pay good money for them? I understand why they would be popular downloads but I'd expect people to download films which they were unsure of rather then downloading the ones they actually want to buy.

These disturbing figures show that pirates actually download big budget successful films rather then buying them.

What are your thought's any surprises on that list? Did you expect these kinds of numbers and just how big of a loss do you think the creators of these movies took?

No, they don't...

What do you honestly believe all these people purchased their copies after downloading? I don't know a single person who downloads movies with the intent of purchasing them. Well I actually do but they are anime fans who download the English subbed Japanese movies day one and then purchase them once released in NA. However all these films were released on a global scale so that's not likely to be the case.

I don't know why people still defend piracy as if it doesn't take away sales. That belief is really full of shit if it were true then there wouldn't be as many downloads in the first place.

So yah these figures do show that pirates are choosing to pirate big budget films rather then buy them. That claim is not really questionable even if some of those who downloaded did purchase legit copies the rest did not and those that did are for sure a minority.

As for Galaki's question. Of course they can't tell if the people who downloaded viewed the movie in theaters. But even if the person did that doesn't mean they have the right to download the film. Its still theft no matter how you look at it, sometimes I go to a theater several times to see a movie. Fact is the movie isn't available for retail yet and you have no right to own it without consent from the creators.

If downloading took away significant sales wouldn't we expect to see the most pirated films lacking in sales? The fact that the most pirated movies are also the most successful films in sales some far exeding expectations. I mean from that data it would be easy to assume that piracy actually contributed to the comercial success of the movies not the other way round.