Actually, the new movie about Super Mario is supposed to fill the cinemas, but last weekend 9 million people watched the film illegally on Twitter.
What kind of movie is it? The Super Mario Bros. movie is the latest film featuring the famous video game hero Mario. For decades, the plumber with the red cap has been jumping across screens, fighting the evil turtle Bowser, and rescuing Princess Peach. This is also the case in the new adaptation, where Mario is voiced by actor Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World).
The toxic turtle Bowser is voiced by Jack Black, who caused wild theories with a song from the film.
You can see a trailer for the movie here:
How was the film shown? Some users posted the new “Super Mario Bros.” movie on Twitter in violation of copyright laws.
The users shared the film in two parts with English audio, each lasting a maximum of 60 minutes. The first part of the film was played over 9 million times.
As early as April 29, our colleagues from GamePro reported that an Argentinian TV station showed the film without permission, thus violating copyright (via GamePro).
Thanks to Elon Musk, long videos are now possible on Twitter
How is this possible? In October 2022, the eccentric billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter and brought several changes regarding the length of videos that can be posted on Twitter. This is actually limited to 140 seconds.
However, Musk changed the way verifications (blue checkmarks) work on Twitter, and since then any user can subscribe to “Twitter Blue” for nearly €9.50. The subscription not only brings the blue checkmark but also some additional benefits – including that “Twitter Blue” subscribers can upload videos lasting up to 60 minutes, which can be a maximum of 2 GB in size (via Twitter.com).
The users who shared the film on Twitter were
