Ars Technica: Feds arrest man for sharing DVD rip of Spider-Man movie with millions online. “A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution company used by major movie studios and sharing them online before the movies’ scheduled release dates.”
Pirate: *pirates something*
User: Cool! I'd never had the intention to pay exorbitant prices for that.
Pirate: *shoves ads, account registration with credits, a cryptominer, and an indian tech-support scam*
User: Hello, FBI?
#Pirates #Pirating #SoftwarePiracy #Piracy #MoviePiracy #StreamingPiracy #SteamPiracy #GamePiracy #VideogamePiracy #Software #SoftwarePirate
Movie & TV Giants Say French Pirate Site Audiences Are Continuously Shrinking
#PiracyResearch #moviepiracy #statistics #hollywood #France #piracy #survey #ALPA
#MoviePiracy is Strongly Linked to #BoxOffice Revenue
https://torrentfreak.com/movie-piracy-is-strongly-linked-to-box-office-revenue-231009/
New research from piracy tracking firm MUSO shows that movie piracy is strongly linked to box office revenues. When pirated downloads peak or slow down, movie theater visits show a similar trend. While this may sound counterintuitive, the finding is actually quite obvious. Correlation is not causation and pirates are people too.
Can India’s Cinematograph Bill Kill Camcorder Piracy & Satisfy the U.S. ?
https://torrentfreak.com/can-indias-cinematograph-bill-kill-camcorder-piracy-satisfy-the-u-s-230726/
#Cinematograph(Amendment)Bill #LawandPolitics #moviepiracy #camcording #camming #india
Legalizing All Movie Piracy Bad For Russia, Media Giants Inform Parliament
#Illegalstreaming #siteblocking #moviepiracy #Piracy #russia
Pirate Movie Supplier Quits After Russian Pirates Cammed its Pirate Releases
ISPs Block ‘Uptobox’ to Fight Piracy, Platform & Users Probably Prepared
#SiteBlocking #siteblocking #Anti-Piracy #moviepiracy #UptoBox #France #DNS