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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 67 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

We've done this dance already.

  • Bully everyone and pass restrictive laws yields more piracy than ever, and a good crop of mentors for future pirates.
  • Build quality streaming services with excellent selection of media, and the piracy community shrinks. (Sad, when it happens, because there's evidence that wide-coverage digital media preservation is nearly impossible without the piracy community.)

It's almost like the Movie Industry doesn't care about any of the things they claim they care about...

Edit: I guess it's possible they're playing out a long con to ensure their favorite episodes of "I Love Lucy" survive...

Edit 2: No, I don't really think they're somehow secretly not the assholes they appear to be.

[-] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

Time to invest in some foreign VPNs.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

They will just ban VPN and make the punishment for being caught ridiculously draconian. Like terrorism charges.

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