Artistic talent, computer animation, and storytelling aren’t the only things Hollywood and the game industry have in common; both sectors also are hurt every year by piracy. This year’s “winner” in Hollywood is not surprisingly the blockbuster Avatar from James Cameron.
Avatar was downloaded from torrent websites a whopping 16.58 million times. That number represents a 33 percent increase in download activity from last year’s top-pirated film, Star Trek, which was downloaded just under 11 million times.
Of course, as we already know, the piracy didn’t stop Avatar from becoming the highest grossing film in history, with a recorded $2.8 billion at the box office.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
