Illegal UK film downloads up 30%, new figures suggest
Found on BBC News on Wednesday, 06 July 2011
That research, from internet consultancy firm Envisional, indicates that the top five box office movies were illegally downloaded in the UK a total of 1.4 million times last year.
"Research for the government has shown that film piracy costs the industry about half a billion pounds a year," he said.
But it's not just illegal film downloading that's on the rise - research suggests people are illegally downloading more TV shows too.
Honestly, I don't care. I wish downloads would be up by 300%, because I can't hear the industry whine and cry wolf anymore. All their lawsuits, all the DRM, all the lobbying and bribing for new three strike laws; and downloads go up. Yet they refuse to face that the market changes and will still continue to harass their customers.