Μετά από εβδομάδες αναμονή, οι πειρατές μπορούν να πανηγυρίσουν, καθώς εμφανίστηκαν τα πρώτα πειρατικά αντίγραφα των awards screeners. Μετά την διαρροή των πρώτων Arrival, Hidden Figures, Patriots Day, Moonlight και La La Land αναμένονται περισσότερες ταινίες. Στο τέλος κάθε έτους, τα screeners αποστέλλονται σε Insider of the entertainment industry to vote for the Oscars or other awards.
Usually, several of these movies start to appear in various pirated websites about Christmas, but this year no movement was observed.
In early January, however, the first pirate screener was released, with a copy of Denzel Washington's Fences.
It seems that some of the well-known groups that leak the movies become a little more careful with their release strategies. The famous team Hive-CM8, which released most screeners last year, announced that no more movies will be released before their theatrical release.
But this week the screeners started to appear and the first five DVDs are already online.
The first to appear was Hidden Figures and Patriots Day. La La Land, Moonlight and Arrival films ended last week.