[1] Under Elon Musk, several recent films have been illegally rerecorded and posted to Twitter, including Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023),[2] Shrek the Third (2007),[3] The Flash (2023),[4] and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
The phenomenon has also benefited newer films and television series; a single clip from Fall (2022) attracted over one hundred million views on TikTok, while a leak of HBO's revival of Clone High received significant attention on the platform.
[8] In 2021, HBO Max released free episodes of several television series on the service on Snapchat, including the Gossip Girl reboot, The Flight Attendant, Lovecraft Country, and Game of Thrones.
The 2012 endless runner mobile game Subway Surfers and the adult animated television series Family Guy are commonly included.
[16][17][18] Editing techniques such as frequent jump cuts, unrelated clips, and cropping have increased the longevity of copyright violating videos on YouTube.
[19] The Russian social media platform VK has been noted for being a "notorious marketplace" for music piracy since 2010, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
[26] Cornell University behavioral scientist Gordon Pennycook stated that the choice to watch media on TikTok mirrored consumer habits of "constant stimulation".