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?
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer