New Sony Films Downloaded Widely After Hack

At least five new movies from Sony Pictures are being devoured on copyright-infringing file-sharing hubs online in the wake of the hack attack that hobbled the studio earlier in the week. Copies of DVD screeners of four unreleased Sony movies including the upcoming Annie are getting some unwelcome early exposure, but nothing compared to the frenzy enveloping Fury, the war pic still in theaters since bowing last month. Fury has been downloaded by over 888,000 unique IP addresses since showing up on peer-to-peer networks on Nov. 27, according to piracy tracking firm Excipio. That's high enough to be the second most downloaded movie currently being pirated, and it's not out of movie theaters yet. Other Sony movies being downloaded include Mr. Turner, Still Alice and To Write Love on Her Arms.

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