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The MPA has big plans to crack down on movie piracy again (www.theverge.com)

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[-] bastardsheep@aussie.zone 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Every report on piracy I read points out that the biggest pirates are also the biggest spenders on “legitimate” media, streaming, cinema tickets. This will only increase purchase of such things by a rounding error. It won’t be the money spinner they’re hoping for. It’ll reduce the number of people that view shows & movies, and have a more significant effect on viral and organic hype.

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Its the whales and the people that can't afford to buy more media than they already do.

If the industry actually got the big spenders to do away with their self-hosting/data-archive setups, they won't actually put that money into more media, as they're already budgetting a set amount for the media itself which is not going to increase.