"The Kuttymovies Rampage: Anatomy of a Regional Piracy Network and Its Impact on the Indian Film Industry"

The availability of Rampage on Kuttymovies had tangible financial repercussions:

Industry insiders call the period from 2014 to 2019 the "Piracy Dark Age" for South Indian cinema, largely due to Kuttymovies and its clones.

Producers began obtaining pre-release injunctions (John Doe orders) from the Madras High Court. These orders allowed police to take down Kuttymovies links without prior notice. For a brief period in 2018, this disrupted the rampage, but the website administrators simply moved their servers to Russia and Ukraine, beyond Indian jurisdiction.

Producers like SR Prabhu have successfully reduced piracy by shrinking the "window" between theatrical release and OTT release. If a movie arrives on Netflix 4 weeks after release, the enthusiasm for a grainy Kuttymovies rip diminishes.