Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies on BitTorrent
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TorrentFreak has published the data they collected with the top 10 most shared movies on BitTorrent for the week ended May 12. All the films included in this chart are DVDrips (unless mentioned otherwise).
A stunning surprise from ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’, as it managed to go up 5 places, all the way to number one. Breathing on the deadly duo’s necks is ‘Iron Man 3′ (still CAM version), followed by ‘Parker’.
This week’s chart features four new entries.
The chart also includes free download links for the movies listed here – via Kat.ph (clicking on download movie links in the chart below shows you all the versions available for the respective movie; just pick the one you want [don't simply click on that big blue button] and then download it).
| Ranking | (last week) | Movie | Rating / Trailer | Download Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (6) | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | 6.2/trailer | |
| 2 | (2) | Iron Man 3 (CAM) | 7.8/trailer | |
| 3 | (1) | Parker | 6.1/trailer | |
| 4 | (…) | Assault On Wall Street | 6.0/trailer | |
| 5 | (…) | Dark Skies | 6.1/trailer | |
| 6 | (3) | The Place Beyond The Pines (DVDscr) | 7.7/trailer | |
| 7 | (…) | I Give It A Year | 6.0/trailer | |
| 8 | (4) | Jack Reacher | 7.0/trailer | |
| 9 | (…) | Escape From Planet Earth | 5.2/trailer | |
| 10 | (5) | 21 And Over |
5.6/trailer |
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Netflix First, BitTorrent After
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A recent statement from Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos reveals that legal alternatives for movie enthusiasts are the best way to fight against online piracy. Why? Let’s see…
In an interview with Stuff, the man who’s been the head (for 13 years) of Netflix’s content acquisition department said that:
“I think people do want a great experience and they want access – people are mostly honest. The best way to combat piracy isn’t legislatively or criminally but by giving good options.”
“One of the things is we get ISPs to publicise their connection speeds – and when we launch in a territory the Bittorrent traffic drops as the Netflix traffic grows,” Sarandos continued.
However, it’s already common knowledge that not all of BitTorrent’s activity is about piracy; Netflix’s growth in traffic doesn’t necessarily mean that people stopped from downloading their favorite movies or TV shows, but at least a healthy percent chose legal services over illegal ones.
“The key thing is that BitTorrent is a Internet protocol, like HTTP. It moves data better than any other protocol. It’s an award winning technology used by Facebook, twitter, Wikipedia, Blizzard, genetic researchers and the scientists that are working on the Large Haldron Collider. Any company moving large data sets uses BitTorrent,” Christian Averill (Director of Communications at BitTorrent) told Josh Wolford of the WebProNews.
While people are free to download and upload both legal and illegal content via peer-to-peer, it becomes more and more obvious that Netflix and services alike make a valid point: give people what they want, when they want it (and this is probably the most important aspect of it), and everyone will be happier, including rightsholders.
Take the example of the HBO-produced TV series “Game of Thrones”. For two years in a row, the show had broken several records on BitTorrent’s networks, not because people were looking for illegal copies of it in particular, but because the different timelines of availability or the lack of it altogether. But this may change, as requests from thousands of people made the pearl of all premium cable services consider launching a movie streaming service without the strings of having cable subscription.
“One of the side effects of growth of content is an expectation to have access to it. You can’t use the internet as a marketing vehicle and then not as a delivery vehicle,” Sarandos concluded.
Maybe if content owners, creators, and all those anti-piracy activists would understand that, things would be easier and this unnecessary war against online piracy would finally come to an end or at least to a common ground.
Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies on BitTorrent
Filed under: Announcements & Events, Downloads, Movies, MP3, Digital Audio & Games, Tops
TorrentFreak has published the data they collected with the top 10 most shared movies on BitTorrent for the week ended April 27. All the films included in this chart are DVDrips (unless mentioned otherwise).
Another week as the most downloaded film on filesharing networks for ‘Jack Reacher’. Newcomer ‘The Last Stand’, Schwarzenegger’s return to action flicks, takes over the second spot and ‘Iron Man 3′ which stormed the box-office overseas this week-end enters the chart as #3 (cam version).
This week’s chart features four new entries.
The chart also includes free download links for the movies listed here – via Kat.ph (clicking on download movie links in the chart below shows you all the versions available for the respective movie; just pick the one you want [don't simply click on that big blue button] and then download it).
| Ranking | (last week) | Movie | Rating / Trailer | Download Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (…) | Jack Reacher | 7.0/trailer | |
| 2 | (…) | The Last Stand | 6.6/trailer | |
| 3 | (…) | Iron Man 3 (CAM) | 8.0/trailer | |
| 4 | (…) | 21 & Over | 5.6/trailer | |
| 5 | (…) | The Host | 5.8/trailer | |
| 6 | (…) | Movie 43 | 4.4/trailer | |
| 7 | (4) | Gangster Squad | 6.9/trailer | |
| 8 | (8) | Mama | 6.4/trailer | |
| 9 | (7) | A Haunted House | 4.9/trailer | |
| 10 | (3) | G.I. Joe: Retaliation [TS] | 6.3/trailer |
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Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies on BitTorrent
Filed under: Announcements & Events, Downloads, Movies, MP3, Digital Audio & Games, Tops
TorrentFreak has published the data they collected with the top 10 most shared movies on BitTorrent for the week ended April 21. All the films included in this chart are DVDrips (unless mentioned otherwise).
This week’s top welcomes ‘Jack Reacher’, featuring Tom Cruise, and ‘The Host’. Dropping two places since last week is the ‘Gangster Squad’.
This week’s chart features four new entries.
The chart also includes free download links for the movies listed here – via Kat.ph (clicking on download movie links in the chart below shows you all the versions available for the respective movie; just pick the one you want [don't simply click on that big blue button] and then download it).
| Ranking | (last week) | Movie | Rating / Trailer | Download Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (…) | Jack Reacher | 7.0/trailer | |
| 2 | (…) | The Host | 5.8/trailer | |
| 3 | (1) | Gangster Squad | 6.9/trailer | |
| 4 | (2) | A Haunted House | 4.9/trailer | |
| 5 | (…) | The Guilt Trip | 5.6/trailer | |
| 6 | (…) | Mama | 6.4/trailer | |
| 7 | (4) | G.I. Joe: Retaliation [TS] | 6.3/trailer | |
| 8 | (8) | The Company You Keep | 6.3/trailer | |
| 9 | (7) | Django Unchained | 8.6/trailer | |
| 10 | (3) | Broken City | 6.1/trailer |
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Italy Gets Sued By The Country’s High-Profile Movie Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis Over Piracy Concerns
Seen as one of the most talented movie producers in Italy, Aurelio De Laurentiis seeks justice by proposing a $16 billion lawsuit against Italy.
In his opinion, the state failed to do everything in its power to combat online piracy. De Laurentiis goal is to win this lawsuit and cover the lost revenues caused by copyright infringement to movie producers. His statement came during a movie industry symposium, an event co-hosted by the president of ANICA Riccardo Tozzi.
Further issues were discussed during the event, including a drop in percentage of those who prefer the cinema – nearly 5% Italians stopped going to the movies compared to last year. The news only strengthened De Laurentiis belief that he must take action against online piracy, hoping that Italy’s will eventually be forced to come up with more efficient ways to combat illegal downloading.
“The problem of piracy is very important, and I say we should ask for €12.5 billion in order to obtain at least €2.5 billion, the amount we lose each year because of piracy,” De Laurentiis stated.
To join his cause and make a stronger case, De Laurentiis asked for the help of other movie producers, the ANICA association, and the Ministry of Culture.
Tozzi, on the other hand, comes with a different approach.
“We should balance the threat of illegal downloads with a legal supply of films,” he said.
“It can be too difficult to download films legally, so there’s no good alternative to piracy.”
Argia Bignami, an expert of the copyright laws, agrees that the country’s stand on piracy is far less aggressive than others’.
“There are piracy concerns and privacy concerns that can be at odds with each other,” Bignami said.
Italy’s already set to fight piracy at a larger scale (not long ago 27 domain names were seized at the request of an Italian prosecutor), but is it willing to go even further than this? And if so, how?
Stay tuned to find out!


