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The 2011 list of most pirated movies
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article published on 1 January, 2012
Just like their annual video game list, TorrentFreak has released the list of the most pirated films of 2011.
Topping the list was Fast Five, the latest in the Vin Diesel car racing franchise series. At 9.26 million, the film was well ahead of the Hangover 2 which came in second at 8.8 million downloads.
A few of the more surprising films on the list were Rango and Sucker Punch which ... [ read the full article ]
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dab0ne
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1. January 2012 @ 20:54 |
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Funny how those were the ones that were pirated since few are rated RRRRRRRRRR! A little pirate joke for the kids ;)
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1. January 2012 @ 22:45 |
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It seems like the most pirated movies were the ones that people were afraid to buy because they figured they would be crap.
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2. January 2012 @ 01:10 |
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ive got 2 of them movies.not a lot of great movies coming out.
custom built gaming pc from early 2010,ps2 with 15 games all original,ps3 500gbs with 5 games all original,yamaha amp and 5.1channel surround sound speakers,46inch sony lcd smart tv.
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nbfreak2
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2. January 2012 @ 09:55 |
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And it didnt hurt the bottom line money wise for the films?hmmmmmm
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Jeffrey_P
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2. January 2012 @ 10:10 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
It seems like the most pirated movies were the ones that people were afraid to buy because they figured they would be crap.
That's one reason what rentals are for. If you like it when you rent it, then purchase it. $1.63 (Redbox) a day for a Blu-ray won't break the bank.
Jeff
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2. January 2012 @ 10:24 |
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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
That's one reason what rentals are for. If you like it when you rent it, then purchase it. $1.63 (Redbox) a day for a Blu-ray won't break the bank.
Jeff
1.63 still can't compete with free plus the need not to spend gas going out to the local kiosk.
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dab0ne
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2. January 2012 @ 11:04 |
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Originally posted by Ryoohki:
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
That's one reason what rentals are for. If you like it when you rent it, then purchase it. $1.63 (Redbox) a day for a Blu-ray won't break the bank.
Jeff
1.63 still can't compete with free plus the need not to spend gas going out to the local kiosk.
It's just easier to pirate that's for sure. I, shamefully, used to do it all the time but now that I'm older and can afford to buy this stuff so I do. I find that I like having something more or appreciate it more when I've earned it. I also like owning a physical copy of a game or movie that way if my HDD, Computer, or Internet goes down I can still play it. Plus I'm a bit of a collector :)
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Jeffrey_P
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2. January 2012 @ 11:33 |
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Originally posted by Ryoohki:
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
That's one reason what rentals are for. If you like it when you rent it, then purchase it. $1.63 (Redbox) a day for a Blu-ray won't break the bank.
Jeff
1.63 still can't compete with free plus the need not to spend gas going out to the local kiosk.
How about the power it takes to keep your computer running, wear and tear + running the risk of getting busted? I wonder who really puts some of these Torrent down loaders out. The instances of people caught seems to be increasing. I don't care how many layers of protection a person has. It's just not worth it to me.
In my pirate Amiga days it was just for fun. Nobody went to jail or had to pay restitution the rest of their lives.
Just not worth it for me.
Jeff
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2. January 2012 @ 12:14 |
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Yeah, nasty priates, look at how they pick the films that made mage-money.
All those multi-million earners that lost out on a couple moe millions.
The horror!
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2. January 2012 @ 12:24 |
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I'd love to rent, but my city and I *hit you not, has no more rental places. They all went out of business so the only way I can pay to rent movies is through my cable company, which sucks in my area of Canada, as you have to pay a monthly fee to be able to rent a movie on my provider. Why should I pay $10 to access a channel that charges me $10 / movie watch I can only see once? So yea I pirate the occasional movie; if it's a kids movie, I'll take my kids to the theater.
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xtago
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2. January 2012 @ 21:26 |
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Originally posted by Ryoohki:
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
That's one reason what rentals are for. If you like it when you rent it, then purchase it. $1.63 (Redbox) a day for a Blu-ray won't break the bank.
Jeff
1.63 still can't compete with free plus the need not to spend gas going out to the local kiosk.
Pirating isn't free and it's not always easier, if you go onto some of the media box/software forums you'll see that people don't always find it easy.
they have problems finding decent files, then you have the problem of finding the right format, then getting the media to play on * device.
sure you can convert media files around but not everyone wants to waste time trying to find or get or buy video converting programs.
On top of that you will need to pay for the net connection have the time to find said files, then have the time to download said files, then have the space for the files then de-compress them and/or convert them as well.
then you need the space to hold all the files in the first place.
my parents have about 8 terra bytes of external drives just to hold DVDs and movies and tv shows, of which about 98% can;t be played on a apple tv media player so everything has to be converted for it to play on it.
so if by easy you mean cheap lol not always.
I've known a few guys from 10 years ago to have SCSI 3 hotswap setups just so they could swap drives on the fly without having to stop recording and stuff.
SCSI head-ends cards at that time were around $2000-3000 each, and SCSI drives of 500 megs to 1 terra byte where $500 to $1000 each so if you want a real hardcore setup your going to have to be willing to shell out quite a lot more than a few hundred on a good setup.
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xtago
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2. January 2012 @ 21:30 |
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Originally posted by Mysttic:
I'd love to rent, but my city and I *hit you not, has no more rental places. They all went out of business so the only way I can pay to rent movies is through my cable company, which sucks in my area of Canada, as you have to pay a monthly fee to be able to rent a movie on my provider. Why should I pay $10 to access a channel that charges me $10 / movie watch I can only see once? So yea I pirate the occasional movie; if it's a kids movie, I'll take my kids to the theater.
That's the benefits of internet streaming or downloading these days you get given crap in return for the money you shell out.
Music CDs are in the same boat, the big time artists don't bother too much with CDs not that I'm fazed but it's all the indie bands and stuff that I haven't heard of before so gets hard to pick stuff out that would be good to get.
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5. January 2012 @ 07:41 |
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Originally posted by xtago:
Originally posted by Ryoohki:
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
That's one reason what rentals are for. If you like it when you rent it, then purchase it. $1.63 (Redbox) a day for a Blu-ray won't break the bank.
Jeff
1.63 still can't compete with free plus the need not to spend gas going out to the local kiosk.
Pirating isn't free and it's not always easier, if you go onto some of the media box/software forums you'll see that people don't always find it easy.
they have problems finding decent files, then you have the problem of finding the right format, then getting the media to play on * device.
sure you can convert media files around but not everyone wants to waste time trying to find or get or buy video converting programs.
On top of that you will need to pay for the net connection have the time to find said files, then have the time to download said files, then have the space for the files then de-compress them and/or convert them as well.
then you need the space to hold all the files in the first place.
my parents have about 8 terra bytes of external drives just to hold DVDs and movies and tv shows, of which about 98% can;t be played on a apple tv media player so everything has to be converted for it to play on it.
so if by easy you mean cheap lol not always.
I've known a few guys from 10 years ago to have SCSI 3 hotswap setups just so they could swap drives on the fly without having to stop recording and stuff.
SCSI head-ends cards at that time were around $2000-3000 each, and SCSI drives of 500 megs to 1 terra byte where $500 to $1000 each so if you want a real hardcore setup your going to have to be willing to shell out quite a lot more than a few hundred on a good setup.
uTorrent and a Cinematube gives you the ability to download and watch a movie (depending on the download speed) in less than an hour with out having to convert a single thing. Finding files is just about the easiest thing to do in all of this. Frankly, if people would spend a little time doing their research they would find that just about everything you said is hogwash.
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5. January 2012 @ 14:30 |
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Originally posted by nbfreak2:
And it didnt hurt the bottom line money wise for the films?hmmmmmm
When movies/games/software are worth it, people will pay. Star Trek TNG Bluray is coming up. I'll buy that in a heart beat! :D
I'm sure the industry looks at those numbers like they're out soo much money... Sorry, but if a movie sucks sour owl poop, I ain't buying it!
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5. January 2012 @ 14:45 |
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Why do you think Microsoft Windows became so popular? It was easy to steal. now it has the largest market share. I would like to see, out of the stolen top 10, what the most top 10 legally purchased. I bet they go hand in hand.
Unfortunately Hollywood does have a problem, cost of production and lack of quality... hard to generate profit off of that problem.
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5. January 2012 @ 14:49 |
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When I build machines for people, I don't use pirated windows. I'd feel pretty guilty indeed, if microsoft tried suing them LOL! :S
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