Film piracy is nothing new, but typically, it's contained to websites that specialise in hosting illegitimate streams of movies and TV shows. However, someone appears to have abused the podcast system on Spotify, sharing the entire Five Nights at Freddy's movie on the streaming platform.
Fans across the FNAF fanbase have discovered this, posting about it online. But despite all of this attention, the film still hasn't been taken down. While we can expect the rights holders to be on the case once it comes up on their radar, it's amazing just how long it's lasted - and beyond amusing that this was done with Five Nights at Freddy's, of all films.
The oldest post I can find about this is 27 days old at the time of writing, so this isn't a new occurrence. As Reddit user Glen2gvhlp says in r/piracy, "Who the f**k put the fnaf movie on Spotify[?]". Yes, who indeed?
Well, they use the film upload to advertise a YouTube channel, AldiCool1Gaming, but this account doesn't appear to exist, and the link they've provided doesn't take you anywhere. It is very possible that they tried to upload the film to YouTube as well, and had their entire channel removed as a result. YouTube is pretty good at detecting when copyrighted material is shared and is notoriously over the top in taking down these videos, even when the use of such material is actually permitted. So, uploading the entire film would not have gone down well.
Five Nights at Freddy's is reported to have made almost $300 million during its theatrical run, so this probably isn't going to hurt its chances of getting a sequel .
Spotify, however, doesn't seem to have cottoned on to this. At the time of writing, the film is still there, even after all the attention that it's gotten online. It is, admittedly, a unique way to watch the film, but it at least made more people aware that Spotify does, in fact, host videos. Given that it's mostly known for music and podcasts, it's easy to overlook this feature. At least someone is
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