

A low-quality copy of the highly-awaited Marvel movie - coming in at 1.2GB - was reportedly recorded in a Chinese theatre and uploaded on local websites mere hours after its premiere in the Asian nation on Wednesday. What started as P2P file share on Thunder, a Chinese torrent client, soon spread to English-language torrent networks like BitTorrent.Avengers: Endgame movie has leaked onto torrent sites and other networks that enable piracy, in two differing versions of quality. Once the movie launched in China yesterday, TorrentFreak reported a surge in pirated copies - between 1.2GB to 2GB in size- of the movie being shared on servers in the country. If found guilty, they will be fined up to 100,000 Malaysians Ringgits and face jail time extending to 5 years.īefore the film even launched, a CAM print copy of the movie was available on Tamilrockers, a piracy website. In case somebody managed to slip past them, there’s a hotline number to report people trying to illegally film the movie. Officers were also assigned to carry out spot checks in 21 halls at GSC cinemas in Kuala Lumpur. Officials from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs were present at the movie hall to remind attendees to not break any rules.

The country’s movie halls are being extremely vigilant to avoid piracy. But, Avengers: Endgame still couldn’t escape being a victim of piracy and the repercussions are worldwide.Įight moviegoers were caught in Malaysia for trying to secretly film Avengers: Endgame on their phones. The finale to Marvel’s Avengers movie line-up is one of the most awaited movies ever with first day collection from the box office in India pegged to reach ₹500 million - the highest ever for a Hollywood film in the country. A Russia-based gambling website, 1XBet, has also been spotted sponsoring a cleaner RIP of Avengers: Endgame.More pirated versions of the movie were also shared on BitTorrent, a P2P file sharing service, after the movie officially launched in China.The CAM print of the upcoming Marvel movie, Avengers: Endgame was spotted on the piracy website, Tamilrockers before its release.
