UPDATE: Pornhub vice president Corey Price wrote in a statement to Esquire that the site does not allow users to upload content they do not own.
"Here at Pornhub we strongly condemn uploading non authorized content to our platform. In instances that someone does upload non authorized content, we strongly encourage our users to flag such videos with us," Price's statement reads. "Our TOS only allows for users to upload content that they themselves own. Pornhub abides by DMCA law with regards to takedown requests and we remove unauthorized content as soon as we are made aware of it—as has been the case with any and all full, theatrically released movies."
As of 3:30 p.m. on 27 March, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is still available to stream on Pornhub.
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In 2016 alone, users watched nearly 92 billion videos on Pornhub.com. That's 12.5 videos for every single human on Earth. Now, since you've definitely never been on Pornhub.com, allow me to explain that the website is primarily dedicated to watching pornography, hence the title.
But the website also appears to have another use: Watching every single Star Wars movie, including Rogue One and The Force Awakens, for free. As Gizmodo points out, users have uploaded dozens of high quality full movies to Pornhub, which you can stream for free, as long as you're comfortable getting served advertisements for "Star Whores" and "#1 Natural Trick to Add 2 Inches to Your Erection" and free3dadultgames.com.
There's even a Reddit thread that runs down all the available movies, including Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers Age of Ultron, and many more.
Unlike other streaming services—YouTube and Vimeo—these films on Pornhub remain almost perfectly intact. There's no weird audio or blurry video or weird crops or other annoying loopholes in order to avoid copyright protection. They also haven't been removed by Disney yet. The version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that I watched (pretty awkwardly in the office using a small incognito window and frequent sketchy looks over my shoulder) was uploaded a month ago. It's possible that Disney either doesn't know these videos exist on Pornhub (uh, hi Disney!) or don't see them as an issue because no one would be desperate enough to stream a whole movie while getting occasional pop up ads that automatically play audio of a woman moaning.
Then again, seeing as Netflix, Amazon, HBO, and Hulu users likely won't be getting The Force Awakens or Rogue One as part of their subscriptions anytime soon, Pornhub might be the only place to actually to ever stream these titles for free. Just be sure to clear your search history.
