--- title: Universal Pictures Was Pirating Jurassic World Itself description: Universal Pictures France files DMCA complaint against its own localhost after stumbling upon itself as a source for Jurassic World seed. canonical: https://time.com/3970437/universal-pictures-jurassic-world-piracy/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-23T21:47:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:06:09.021Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Universal Pictures Was Pirating Jurassic World Itself og:description: Universal Pictures France filed a copyright claim against Universal Pictures France. og:url: https://time.com/3970437/universal-pictures-jurassic-world-piracy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860631aa73406608/6988584d196cf41719036d6b/1212933_full-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Chris Pratt as Owen in "Jurassic World." og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Universal Pictures Was Pirating Jurassic World Itself twitter:description: Universal Pictures France filed a copyright claim against Universal Pictures France. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860631aa73406608/6988584d196cf41719036d6b/1212933_full-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Universal Pictures Was Pirating Jurassic World Itself by [Ryan Daly / Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Ryan Daly / Fortune Jul 23, 2015 9:47 PM UTC  Chris Pratt as Owen in Jurassic World Chris Pratt as Owen in Jurassic WorldUniversal Pictures by [Ryan Daly / Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Ryan Daly / Fortune Jul 23, 2015 9:47 PM UTC On July 15th, a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) complaint was sent from Universal Pictures France to Google regarding the new “Jurassic World” film. A DMCA complaint is a request owners of material can submit in order to copyright infringing material removed from websites—in this case, removed from appearing in search results. Jurassic World, reboot of the original 1993 franchise, quickly became the fastest film to gross $1 billion. In fact, it also ranks number 2 on PCMAG’s “[Most Pirated Movies](http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/315170/the-10-most-pirated-movies/9)” list. And one of the culprits responsible for seeding (uploading and sharing) the film: Universal Pictures France. This DMCA request—typically a common request considering the extensive pirating of movies online—deviated from the usual requests. In a Chilling Effects [report](https://www.chillingeffects.org/notices/10969223) (a database that collects DMCA requests to Google) it cites one of the domains hosting copyrighted material to be: “[http://127.0.0.1:4000/#fr/”](http://127.0.0.1:4000/#fr/”); For non-techies, 127.0.0.1 (localhost) essentially means “home,” inferring that the location the film was being seeded from was the servers at Universal Pictures France. Universal Pictures France seems to have stumbled onto itself, likely utilizing automated detection programs when searching for copyrighted material on the web. While an odd request, other media companies like NBC have produced similar DMCA complaints in the past. 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