Movie and TV piracy have always been a thing in Hollywood. From guys selling DVDs on street corners to the choppy waters of the Pirate Bay, it's been ubiquitous. But piracy has largely stayed a problem that's the same size, and now it's growing. As reported by The Guardian, after a dip in 2020, digital piracy is surging once again, with website visits climbing from 130 billion to 216 billion by 2024. According to the London-based firm MUSO, this new wave is dominated by unlicensed streaming, which accounted for 96% of all TV and film piracy in 2023. The trend is largely driven by younger demographics; in Sweden, a quarter of people surveyed in 2024 reported pirating content, a figure led by those aged 15 to 24. The pirates have returned to their ships. Key Piracy StatsA 2023 study from DataPro found that... Pirated video material gets over 230 billion views a year.More than 80% of global online piracy can be attributed to illegal streaming services.Digital video piracy is costing the US economy between $29.2 and $71 billion each year.126.7 billion viewings worth of US-produced TV episodes are pirated every year.70,000 jobs a year are lost in the United States due to music piracy.Annual global revenue losses from digital piracy are between $40 and $97.1 billion in the movie industry.Illegal downloading of copyrighted materials takes up 24% of the global bandwidth.Now, in 2025, you can assume these numbers are a lot worse. Piracy and Streaming Streaming services are getting expensive....
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Yesterday