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.