: "True WEB-DL" releases are almost always sourced from these official streaming platforms. When a movie is uploaded to Aha Video, it exists on their servers in a high-quality digital format. Piracy groups develop methods to bypass the platform's security and download this source file directly. The "720p" version is likely a re-encode of that original source, compressed to a smaller file size for easier distribution on file-sharing networks. This is why the release date of the pirated copies often coincides with or follows shortly after the official OTT premiere.