Despite all attempts by right holders to combat piracy, activity in P2P networks is only growing every year. Moreover, the statistics of downloading torrents has now become the most reliable way to determine the true popularity of movies, music and software.
Analytical services like
BigChampagne Online Media Measurement , which measure the popularity of torrents, scan both legal and illegal file distribution channels in the most popular P2P networks, including BitTorrent, Gnutella and eDonkey.
Among other things, statistics show that screen copies of films are more popular in torrents than DVD rips.
All ratings reflect statistics for the period from January 1 to December 10, 2007.
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Best films of 20071. "Resident Evil 3" (Resident Evil: Extinction)
2. "Pirates of the Caribbean: 3" (Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End)
3. “Chuck and Larry: Fire Wedding” (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry)
4. “Ratatouille” (Ratatouille)
5. Superperson (Superbad)
6. Beowulf
7. Transformers
8. “Gangster” (American Gangster)
9. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
10. “Star dust” (Stardust)
Interestingly, the highest-grossing films on the results of the American film distribution "Spider-Man 3" (Spider-Man 3) and "Shrek the Third" were not included in the top ten most downloaded.
Screen copies are popular. For example, "Biovulf" hit the rating, although the DVD-copy has not yet been released. Almost the same story with the movie "Superman", which was released on DVD just a week before the ranking. Most likely, other films were also massively transmitted through peer-to-peer networks long before the DVD was released.
The best TV shows of 20071. "Heroes" (Heroes)
2. "Prison Break" (Prison Break)
3. "Top gear" (Top Gear)
4. "The Mysteries of Smallville" (Smallville)
5. “Desperate Housewives” (Desperate Housewives)
6. "House MD" (House, MD)
7. “Lost”
8. “Anatomy of Passion” (Grey's Anatomy)
9. “24”
10. Dexter
Here, “Heroes” lead by a wide margin, overtaking the nearest pursuer, “Prison Break” more than doubled.
The best musicians of 20071. TI
2. T-Pain
3. Akon
4. 50 Cent
5. R. Kelly
6. Lil Wayne
7. Justin Timberlake
8. Fergie
9. Ludacris
10. Snoop Dogg
The leaders hit the charts, mainly due to the release of popular singles, not albums.
Best songs of 20071. Shop Boyz, “Party Like A Rock Star”
2. Akon, “I Wanna Luv U”
3. Sean Kingston, “Beautiful Girls”
4. Mims, “This Is Why I'm Hot”
5. Akon, “Don't Matter”
6. T-Pain, “Bartender”
7. Soulja Boy, “Crank Dat Soulja Boy”
8. Justin Timberlake, “My Love”
9. DJ Unk, “Walk It Out”
10. Jim Jones, “We Fly High”
via
Wired