Film piracy explained

How pirated films are made and released. A comprehensive analysis of the Warez scene with insider insight from a scene group member.

[njdss]

I used to pirate a lot of movies, but so few movies are even worth pirating anymore. I guess Hollywood solved the problem by just making all their movies shit.

[andreibolohan]

Damn these pirates, they've got more order than them rich companies.

[k.e.anderson]

I'm a film maker from south africa, almost no independant film media is released here, sometimes even mainstream stuff (and when it does it arrives months after the release in the west), Piracy is literally the only way i can find some older films by auteur directors like Tarkovsky, Bela Tarr, Robert Altman, Lars Von Trier, etc... I once asked a director on instagram if he minds me pirating his work since ill never see a digital copy of his films here ever, he said "go ahead" its not really hurting him or his crew who made the film. Most people here have capped internet so streaming would waste our data especially when streaming in 4k or 1080p. Piracy is miraculous amongst us 3rd worlders its how we access media that we cant ever see

[SnowMonster]

Don't you just love to watch some anti-piracy advertisement before you can watch a movie from a DVD you just paid money for.

[DrearierSpider]

Perhaps no other medium than the movie industry has combated piracy in the worst way. It's absolutely batshit how many hoops you have to jump through to either watch Blu Rays (both 1080p and 4K) on PC, or stream 4K video on PC through _any_ streaming service. It's at the point where it's way, way easier just to pirate 4K content. Last I checked, making piracy the easier option defeated the entire purpose of DRM.

[coolbrotherf]

Scene insider leaks new film: Sceners celebrate
New film gets leaked from the scene: Sceners complain

[zgSHDOW]

Judging from the state of Hollywood, it's morally justified to pirate their movies

[megazenn]

its not piracy, if the film has ads in it! :)

[generalnighthawk]

So you are telling me that pirates have more morals, Ethics ans self control than corporate stooges? :P

[benhur]

Or there was the one time Sony accidentally uploaded the entire goddamn movie instead of just the trailer on their youtube channel...

[jacobxiaolong]

and as Gabe Newell once said: "A pirate is just a dissatisfied customer"

[ItPutsTheLotionOnItsSkin]

Wow, a video about piracy that actually has some information in it that I didn't already know, for once. This explains why it's always hard to find a high quality movie torrent (1080p/4K Blu-ray rip + very high bitrate). Great job, you clearly did a lot of research here.

[xarionnoirax]

"Piracy is almost always a service problem"

-Gabe Newell

[victorbruant]

Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for,
because you never know when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.

[bdub]

love your content bud. You are criminally under subbed. Keep up the good work. Also, your voice is pretty badass. Would like to see maybe a video on how Epic Games Store is reviving game piracy.

[TheMegaEggers]

So they didn't want me to enjoy those torrents? 😯 It's like finding out God hates you.

[attackLive]

Problem is, movies and games are simply too exoensive. If companies want to fight piracy, they need to slash prices across the board, which won't happen on greed companies.

[includenull]

RE: TeleSync, this is not about video quality although it always helps, its more about audio. A TeleSync is just a CAM video with direct audio. Direct audio is audio that is recorded via a direct source, this used to be via headphone jacks in cinemas, from drive-ins, but more commonly these days the cinema can provide infra-red/induction loop receivers that have audio jacks on them for hard of hearing people, these often have both normal audio and audio descriptions on separate channels.

That's my only nitpick in this very well made and detailed video.

[ashdoglsu]

Jesus i feel like someone taught me how rockets work.

[David-sqen]

I am halfway trough this video and I am already numb for all the rules and regulations stuff...