*This is a blog post that was due June 23
I recently read an article about the top 10 most pirated movies of all time on TorrentFreak. TorrentFreak is a weblog that uploads news about a peer-to-peer file sharing software, BitTorrent. BitTorrent is one of the most common software used to share files on internet and it has 150 million active users. TorrentFreak often talks about latest copyright issues and it releases the top 10 most pirated movies for each week, every year and for all times. The article I read was posted on October 12, 2011.
The article presents a list of top 10 movies that was downloaded through BitTorrent since 2006. Here is the list.
1. Avatar - 21 million downloads
2. The Dark Night - 19 million downloads
3. Transformers - 19 million downloads
4. Inception - 18 million downloads
5. The Hangover - 17 million downloads
6. Star Trek - 16 million downloads
7. Kick-Ass - 15 million downloads
8. The Departed - 14 million downloads
9. The Incredible Hulk - 14 million downloads
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: A World's End - 14 million downloads
By looking at the list, all movies that are in the top 10 list are high grossing movies that are very famous. Moreover, Avatar is actually the best grossing movie of all time and The Dark Night and Star Trek is in the top 5 list too. By looking at these statistics, it shows how internet piracy does not necessary affect movie gross revenue. Furthermore, we can see how great amount of movie is downloaded illegally without paying through the number of downloads. This shows how internet piracy common among users of peer-to-peer software. It also shows how a lot of people do not see piracy so seriously.
Through such a simple list of statistics, it shows us a lot of things. I was surprised on the amount of downloads that were done. Since this list was made in 2011, I believe after year and a half, there are more and more downloads made through BitTorrent.
Retrieved from http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-pirated-movies-of-all-time-111012/
Sorry I missed this post! I think it's a really good idea to point out what movies are being pirated, and what kind of impact you think that has. But what is it exactly? In terms of the persuasive power of your paper, you'll need to make sure you rely more on facts and statistics, rather than making any moral or ethical argument.
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