Imagine casually scrolling through your TV and finding Endgame (Picture: Marvel/Disney)

A cable company in the Philippines is being sued after allegedly aitring a pirated copy of Avengers: Endgame a day after it hit cinema.

Imagine just casually scrolling through your TV on a quiet Thursday at home, trying to decide between Say Yes To The Dress, Law & Order and Friends when you spot Iron Man on your screen.

‘Oh an old Avengers film you think,’ before you see something you really don’t remember and suddenly realise that that it is in fact the brand new film that just came out on the big screen.

And not a good copy either.


Bruce can’t believe it (Picture: Marvel)

That’s what reportedly happened to viewers of Orient Cable and Telecommunications, Inc in the Philippines after they aired a really grainy and shaky copy of Avengers: Endgame.



Local cinema house Teatro de Dapitan then decided to complain to the local police and have since confirmed they are suing the company.

‘We are filing a case against Orient Cable, definitely,’ said lawyer Chembeelyn Alpeche-Balucan, who represented Teatro de Dapitan.

After the police report was filed, Orient Cable stopped airing the movie.

But instead replaced it with another old but pirated version of Captain Barbel.

As you do.

Rocket is shook (Picture: Marvel)

The Philippines News Agency has claimed that Orient Cable apparently violated three laws; Republic Act 8293 (RA) or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, RA 10088 or the Anti-Camcording Act of 2010, and RA 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

Within days of its release, Endgame had already broken a number of records, including making $1.209bn (£0.79bn) at the international box office, making it the biggest global opening in film history and the first film ever to surpass the one billion mark in its debut.

The previous record was held by Infinity War, at $640million (£495.53 million) without China in the opening.

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The Marvel powerhouse is absolutely smashing the competition out of the park and has been setting lots of records in a short space of time.

In the US, the film opened with a record $156.7 million (£121.33), including the Thursday previews and beat out previous record holders Star Wars: The Force Awakens, $119 million in 2015 (£92.14 million) and its first part, Avengers: Infinity War $106 million in 2018 (£82.07 million).

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