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Torrent website reveals most pirated movies of the week

Despite countless efforts to curtail the issue of piracy, torrent sites continue to flourish with high viewership

Tech Desk January 21, 2020

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Despite countless efforts to curtail the issue of piracy, torrent sites continue to flourish with high viewership.

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New data published by TorrentFreak. revealed the most downloaded movies on BitTorrent with Joker topping the charts this week followed by ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' on the second place and 'Countdown' on the third.

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Apart from these movies, Terminator: Dark Fate topped the charts proving to be a fan favourite.

This week’s most downloaded movies are:

1 Terminator: Dark Fate

2 1917

3 Joker

4 Dark Waters

5 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

6 Frozen 2

7 Countdown

8 Motherless Brooklyn

9 Ford v Ferrari

10 Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Search engines have long been blamed for providing easy access to pirated content. Efforts made by copyright holders to curtail the problem have been in vain, causing billions of dollars in losses to the entertainment industry.

This article originally published on TorrentFreak.