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MPA says no more “Whac-a-Mole” with pirate sites, claims it took down “mothership” (arstechnica.com)

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[-] Theidiam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 118 points 1 year ago

Most assuredly; that gentleman doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.

What he IS doing— is justifying his expenditure.

It will come to nothing anyway.

What a poop-nosed loser.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I have now added "poop-nosed loser" to my insult repitour.

[-] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Fwiw, it's répertoire.

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[-] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 109 points 1 year ago

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[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 1 year ago

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 97 points 1 year ago

This sounds a bit like declaring victory in the war on drugs after shutting down one (1) cocaine operation

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 29 points 1 year ago

Yes, I literally laughed aloud. The sheer arrogance in certainty projected is a dead giveaway.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 76 points 1 year ago

Fmovies? Never heard of... wait, sorry, what I meant to say was OH NO!!! Not Fmovies!!! Guess I'm going to have to buy everything now!!!!!11!1

Arr.

[-] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

pirates just need to for a while pretend to post in a way that piracy is really no more so they stop doing anything about it.

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[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the thing about whack a mole is you, the player, do not get to decide if more moles pop up.

also, yeah, i've never heard of this and the fuckin piratebay is still up. i literally tell my students to use torrents and a vpn for anything they cant afford and might want to watch for class.

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 60 points 1 year ago

Cool,so we can defund the MPA now that their job is done.

It is done, right?

Right?

[-] dwemthy@lemdro.id 29 points 1 year ago

It's not like it's a government agency, it's a film company group. Defund it by never paying for a movie and getting everyone everywhere to never pay for a movie

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's it folks, they got the big boss. Wrap it up and let's go back to spending hundreds of dollars a month across dozens of platforms to not own any of the media we consume.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 59 points 1 year ago

So the MPA will shut down now, right?

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[-] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 1 year ago

Alt headline: Crusty old worthless white dude justifies himself to other crusty worthless white dudes.

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago

Oh shit, they know about the mothership. /s

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest, I didn't even know about fmovies until everyone started talking about it here recently. I've just used Torrent sites for downloading, and Stremio for streaming and I have not noticed much hiccups.

[-] Baalial@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

What they took down is an easily accessible public server that hosts content itself and is accessed by tens of thousands of technologically illiterate people via their phones - with no VPN - constantly. These folks are streaming movie after movie, 720p cam jobs, making these sites light up like the 4th of July (or like a Christmas tree, whatever reference works for you).

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[-] Yor@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago

yeah, stunning victory lea-think

[is torrenting as she writes this]

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[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago

MPA says no more “Whac-a-Mole” with pirate sites

Why would you say something you know you'll regret having said?

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[-] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 40 points 1 year ago

Tomorrow: a new mothership!

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

Sure thing, bro. 👍

[-] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 year ago

Damnit guys, they beat us!

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 year ago

The mothership is down? I didn't even notice.

[-] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

If that's what you want to believe then I will not be the one to stop you :)

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

Fighting piracy is like a caveman with a pointy stick trying to fight a 3 headed hydra from Greek mythology. The only way for them to truly defeat the hydra is an idea they would never accept because they aren't allowed to treat customers/consumers as people.