Piracy

Impact of piracy on the film industry

• The most pirated film of 2014 was The Wolf Of Wall Street followed closely by Frozen and Gravity.
• Wolf of Wall street was downloaded 30.4 million times. Frozen had 29.92 million downloads and Gravity had 29.36 million.
• Rounding out the top five were The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug with 27.63m downloads, and superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World with 25.75m downloads.
• 12 Years a slave was downloaded 23.65 million times despite taking $187m at the box office which is the 2nd lowest figure.

The top 10 most pirated films of 2014 were:
1. The Wolf of Wall Street: 30.035m downloads
2. Frozen: 29.92m
3. Gravity: 29.36m
4. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 27.63m
5. Thor: The Dark World: 25.75m
6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 25.63m
7. The Legend of Hercules: 25.13m
8. X-Men: Days of Future Past: 24.38m
9. 12 Years a Slave: 23.65m
10. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: 23.54m


Piracy is theft! Almost 30% of the UK population is active in some form of piracy either through streaming content online or buying counterfeit DVD's. This costs the industry about £500m a year.

• This reduction of revenue caused in part by piracy has also resulted in studios and production houses making less adventurous choices when it comes to films.
• "Long term, movies and TV and other content simply won't be created in the first place. One may think an individual act of piracy doesn't matter, but if that becomes a way of life then the value of intellectual property becomes eroded, shows like Downton Abbey won't get made."
• cinemas are losing about £220m a year at the UK box office due to piracy, representing about two months' income in an average year
• up to a quarter of a million jobs will be at risk if nothing is done about copyright infringement in the UK by 2015.

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Transmedia

This video is an example of transmedia because a prosumer has used lego people to create a product which replicates a famous scene from the film Frozen in which the song is 'Let It Go'. The prosumer has tried to recreate the locations featured out of lego aswell as the clothing to illustrate understanding of the film and their appreciation towards it.
It also an example of social and cultural convergence because it has had over one million views, meaning that people are therefore coming together to view the video who are fans of frozen and lego from all over the globe to share their thoughts.