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Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined (variety.com)

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 36 points 5 months ago

It's not even copyright laws, it's everyone insisting on exclusive contracts. There's no reason a piece of content couldn't be on Netflix and Disney+ at the same time. It would be a lot better for consumers if streamers could compete on price and service instead of which content they managed to create/licence.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Music streaming has proven this for years now, all the major brands have massive collections that make its super easy to pay and listen to just about anything.

Early Netflix proved this when everything was readily available for an affordable pricre.

[-] downhomechunk@midwest.social 15 points 5 months ago

Me in the 90s and 00s: yarrrr!

Me in the 10s: it feels good to be legit

Me in the 20s: YARRRRRRRRR!

[-] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

It felt good to live in a world where being legit was reasonable.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago

Yep, you choose between Spotify, Tidal, etc based on price and how well the app works, not because one service has the band you like while the other one doesn't (not that music streaming isn't its own shitshow for other reasons, of course).

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

The situation is a lot better with music, but it's not perfect. There's still issues with region locking content, and content only existing on one service and not another.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

There are also issues paying creators instead of rights holders

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

Exactly. I like Netflix's service, but Disney's content. Why can't I just pay for a Disney bundle on Netflix? Likewise with Max, Peacock, etc.

Lawyers are why we can't have nice things.

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