New Delhi: Locked up at home without much to do, a big section of India’s population, who either cannot afford legal video streaming platforms or simply wants to consume free content through cheap internet connectivity, is responsible for pushing up piracy figures.
Online film piracy rose 62% in India in the last week of March compared with the last week of February, according to digital piracy authority MUSO.
Film piracy increased 41% in the US, 43% in the UK, 50% in Spain and 66% in Italy. These numbers indicate that it has never been easier to view content illegally and people have never been more comfortable about doing so, said MUSO. “A lot of pirated content in India is circulated through platforms that people technically use for