A high-quality pirated copy of “The Odyssey” spread rapidly on the social media platform X, attracting more than two million views in just a few hours before it was removed for copyright infringement.
According to Variety, the unauthorized upload appeared on July 25 and reached more than 2.1 million views within approximately two and a half hours. The post was later taken down, and the account that shared it was suspended.
Despite the removal, additional copies of the film continued circulating on the platform the following day. Many of them, however, turned out to be “Rickrolls”—the long-running internet prank in which users expecting popular content are instead redirected to Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up.
In a statement to Variety, Universal Pictures confirmed that it acted immediately after learning about the leak.
“We became aware of the unauthorized posting of the film and immediately initiated procedures to have it removed. We take copyright infringement very seriously and will pursue all appropriate actions to protect our content and intellectual property rights,” the studio said.
The incident once again highlights the challenges major studios face in preventing pirated content from spreading across large social media platforms, where copies can often reappear faster than they can be removed.
Source: Variety.
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