Pi Patel never thought he’d end up here: staring at a glitchy, pirated version of his own life story.

When you search for , you are not just stealing a file. You are undermining the work of over 2,000 crew members, VFX artists, and actors. Life of Pi took four years to make. The tiger alone required hundreds of animators working full-time. Piracy leads to lower box office returns, which in turn reduces the budget for future art-house and visually ambitious films.