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Good old Finland (subtitle is commentary, not in text) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 116 points 5 months ago

(paraphrased) “The user of the illegal service may fund the activities of criminal organisations, says Executive Director Jaana Pihkala from the copyright organisation TTVK.”

as opposed to paying the even more criminal publishers scalping the rights and screwing the creators

[-] stray@pawb.social 84 points 5 months ago

How the shit am I funding criminal activity when I don't pay them anything?

[-] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 31 points 5 months ago

I'm the same as you, but there are a lot of people that pay (monthly fees I believe!) for pre-built "android boxes".

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I may pay for pre-configured server space, bandwidth and a torrent client in another country

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

[-] Havatra@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago

Depends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.