SMH…See How Utah Leads Nation For Searching This Illegal Activity

A study looked at searches on the internet looking for illegal stuff and it turns out Utah leads the nation for searches about for pirated movies. These are sites that stream movies illegally and avoid copyright laws. 

Places Where People Search for Illegal Activities 

An article by Travel and Tour World looked at illegal searches and found that states where people were searching for illegal things like where to buy drugs, how to buy fake licenses, and where to pirate movies. Some of the western states were high on the list. 

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Washington was high for searches for illegal drugs. There were 69,600 searches in a month. Utah, on the other hand, was looking for pirated movies at a rate of 154,000 in a single month. That’s 4,600 searches for every 100,000 people. 

Illegal Movie Streams Lure Victims 

Watching a pirated movie is against the law as it avoids paying those who made the film by avoiding paying a copyright fee. The damage isn’t only to the creative people making the film, it can be damaging to the person downloading it. 

When you open your computer to download a movie you are also opening it up to download malware at the same time. These are programs that can lock your computer and hold it hostage or quietly steal your personal information. 

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Utah loves movies, but apparently, we are also cheap. This is not good for people who make movies, people who download bad programs, and as the article points out, it isn’t a good look for our state.