And the Oscar for the most illegally-downloaded film goes to…
Sci-fi flick District 9 has just picked up the movie accolade no film director wants to win: the most bit-torrented Oscar nominee. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/District_nine_ver2.jpg/75px-District_nine_ver2.jpg
Filesharing blog TorrentFreak, listed the most illegally downloaded Oscar “Best Picture” nominee films for 2010: it’s one download, one vote and top of the polls was District 9. While the Hurt Locker might have picked up the actual one: this is how the internet voted:
1. District 9 – 12,639,000
2. Avatar – 11,326,000
3. The Hurt Locker – 7,930,000
4. Up – 5,437,000
5. Inglourious Basterds – 5,376,000
6. Precious – 4,922,000
7. Up In The Air – 4,855,000
8. A Serious Man – 3,836,000
9. The Blind Side – 1,845,000
10. An Education – 683,000
[via Torrentfreak]
