De dood van Robin Williams zorgt er niet alleen voor dat zijn films massaal gekocht worden, maar ook gedownload. Volgens de website Torrentfreak is het downloaden van films met de acteur met maar liefst 49,000% gestegen. Maar meer daar over kan je hier lezen.

As the world mourns the loss of one of its greatest comedians and actors, Internet users from around the globe have been revisiting the genius of Robin Williams. Ever since news broke of the stars untimely death, classics including Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam and Mrs Doubtfire have seen download increases of up to 49,000%

rwAs President Barack Obama noted yesterday, Robin Williams arrived on our screens as an alien in the 1970s and went on to touch the world with appearances in a string of high profile movies.

His performance in Good Will Hunting earned Williams the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor but there can be few who didn't warm to him in Mrs Doubtfire or marvel at his energy in Good Morning Vietnam.

However, there's an old saying that people only truly appreciate something when it's gone and judging by the response shown yesterday by fans, that certainly holds true for Williams.

Taking a look today at Amazon's best-selling movie/TV list, we can see that various versions of five different Williams movies currently occupy nine spots in the top 20, but of course there are other ways that people can relive his greatest moments. The quickest and easiest way is to grab something from file-sharing networks, and that's exactly what's happening now on a pretty noticeable scale.

At the top of Amazon's top-selling list is 'Dead Poets Society' so it comes as no surprise that this is currently the most popular Williams title being shared using BitTorrent.