Sorry for the swabbie question, but I tried to find a film (Saw X in particular) on quite a few different sites and all torrents/streams/downloads had baked in ads for online casinos and the like. Is this just a feature of piracy, or does something change when the film leaves the cinema? I’m not asking for links, so don’t invoke rule 3. Stay safe me hearties 💰☠️

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    You downloaded fake files. Bad actors and movie studios know all too well their exclusive theater-only film is going to be a target of pirates. They flood torrent sites with fake versions of their movie to dilute the pool of cam rips with bullshit to make it harder for pirates to download their film.

    Saw X is still in theaters. Therefore, the best you can hope for is a handheld camcorder version of the movie.