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Does pirating movies that are only in cinemas have a different result to when they are released on disk/streaming services (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ch4rlie@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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 💰☠️

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[–] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 55 points 1 year ago

The baked in garbage is a result of you using shitty sources, possibly because there are few good sources available and thus you find more of the shitty ones.

Usually while the movie is not released digitally, only low quality copies are available. Many sites/groups don't bother with those because few people want to watch that.

I'd just wait for the release. You'll instantly find stuff that's not just clean, but also in a decent quality.