23 nominated Oscar films available online

Andy Baio over at Waxy.org has been keeping track of the illegal online distribution of Oscar nominated films since 2003.

Here's what he found:

" Out of 26 nominated films, an incredible 23 films are already available in DVD quality on nomination day, ripped either from the screeners or the retail DVDs. This is the highest percentage since I started tracking.

Only three films are unavailable — Rachel Getting Married wasn't leaked online in any form, while Changeling is only available as a low-quality telecine transfer and Australia as a terrible quality camcorder recording. (Update: A DVD screener of Australia was just leaked today.)

Other findings:

• Academy members received screeners for at least 20 of the 26 films.


• 25 out of 26 films leaked in some form online, if you include camcorder recordings.


• The average time from the time screeners are received by Academy members to its leak online is 6 days."

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