The top five movies in the United Kingdom were illegally downloaded off the Internet 1.4 million times in 2010, a 30 percent increase from 2006.
The top five television shows in the UK were downloaded 1.24 million times in 2010, a 33 percent increase from 2006.
Internet piracy affects one -third of the total losses from movie piracy that the UK Film industry faces each year.
Source: Dan Whitworth, “Illegal UK film downloads up 30%, new figures suggest,” BBC Newsbeat, July 7, 2011.
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