Even in a world of ubiquitous and relatively inexpensive streaming services, there’s a cluster of freeloaders out there who want to get something for nothing.
“WandaVision,” Marvel’s first TV series for Disney Plus starring Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision, was the No. 1 most pirated show of the year on torrent download networks, according to piracy news site TorrentFreak.
Four other Marvel shows were also in the top 10 — “Loki” (No. 2), “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” (No. 4), “Hawkeye” (No. 5) and “What If…? (No. 6) — on the piracy ranking. Netflix’s “The Witcher” took the No. 3 spot, coming as Season 2 of the popular fantasy series debuted on Dec. 17.
But there’s a major caveat with the TorrentFreak report: Streaming sites, not torrent downloads, represent “the overwhelming majority” of internet piracy, according to Muso, a U.K.-based piracy-monitoring firm. During the first half of 2021, 94% of piracy activity was on streaming sites,...
“WandaVision,” Marvel’s first TV series for Disney Plus starring Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision, was the No. 1 most pirated show of the year on torrent download networks, according to piracy news site TorrentFreak.
Four other Marvel shows were also in the top 10 — “Loki” (No. 2), “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” (No. 4), “Hawkeye” (No. 5) and “What If…? (No. 6) — on the piracy ranking. Netflix’s “The Witcher” took the No. 3 spot, coming as Season 2 of the popular fantasy series debuted on Dec. 17.
But there’s a major caveat with the TorrentFreak report: Streaming sites, not torrent downloads, represent “the overwhelming majority” of internet piracy, according to Muso, a U.K.-based piracy-monitoring firm. During the first half of 2021, 94% of piracy activity was on streaming sites,...
- 12/30/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
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