Honestly these movie companies are doing it to themselves… When I was a kid in the 90s movies would take 3-6 months for home media, now it is like 1-2 months tops combine that with $15 tickets and I’ll give it a wait and see. Holiday movies wouldn’t see a release until the following year.
Legally guaranteed corporate profits, with enforcement funded by taxpayers.
We should abolish this practice.
Yeah. This is socialism… if there’s one group that hates socialism. Meh. We know they support this.
That is not what socialism is?
Socialism is when government does stuff /s
Piracy does not hurt revenue and, in fact, may actually help it:
https://www.engadget.com/2017-09-22-eu-suppressed-study-piracy-no-sales-impact.html
I have found and become a big fan of tv shows that I would have never had the chance to see because of piracy, one of my favourite shows ‘Corner Gas’ never once aired in my home country. Thank you piracy for helping me find good entertainment.
“It wasn’t willy-nilly… it was at crows.”
Never thought a single non-canadian would have even heard of Corner Gas lol
Another non-Canadian who found the show by happenstance and think it’s great! Also watched the animated seasons when they came out (although not quite the same).
We don’t speak about the animated series here
I absolutely love it, it’s the perfect show in my opinion, I’m so glad I stumbled across it.
I was sold on it by the first episode entirely because of Oscar, he kills me with every line.
Hmmm, yes. Build a whole generation of tech savvy people with knowledge of VPNs and that activelly hate your guts. I cannot foresee any way this could backfire.
Lmao’s in VPN
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Then they’ll come for blocking vpn ports or IPs. Then tor. Then…
Time for our own user owned distributed wireless network.
They can go F themselves
looks over at usenet-only arr stack
“Ok, whatever.”
Been doing torrents for about… I don’t even know now. 25 years? I’ve got the same setup. What makes use et better? I still don’t get it. I tried it once. It was weird, I had to grab a bunch of files and combine them or something, and I’m mystified how it’s any different than downloading off someone’s server and how they’re able to skirt around site takedowns. You have to pay for it too. Is the lifetime of files even any good? When I tried it I remember you had to take what you could get while it was still there.
I’m mystified how it’s any different than downloading off someone’s server
A huge difference is you actually are downloading off someone’s server - unlike torrents where you’re actively participating in the distribution of pirated material. If you ever do end up on the wrong end of a copyright case… that difference will be important.
True, but how are these servers just willy nilly allowed to exist and not taken down?
shrug that’s their problem not mine
Depends on your country’s laws, but where I live you get busted for PROVIDING copyrighted material for download - not for downloading it. Unlike a torrent, you aren’t sharing with anyone else.
Couple years ago when I first set up Radarr, I found the same shit was on Usenet as the private trackers I was on, so I just stopped torrenting.
Fuck em
Or what?
I would propose a law that states " All companies must keep their data away from the Internet. If the data ends up in the Internet then it’s up for grabs by anyone"
Or just abolish copyright law altogether.
Nah, but definitely limit it to 10-15 years. The original term in the US was 14 years, with an optional, one-time extension for another 14 years. I’d be down with that.
Nah
Basically demands lawmakers for ISPs implement censorship tools.
Block piracy websites with what? Dns resolver?
Anyone have a list of legislators who are also investors in VPN companies?
USDoJ: How about no.
Oh, right. This isn’t 1992 when the DoJ had balls and a constitution.
