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Streaming Pirates Are Hollywood’s New Villains - Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and subscriber fees. (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Would you really put the blame on piracy for that when there are conglomerates manipulating the entire market? I'm not doubting they exist, but can you name a small business streaming service that would be affected by pirate services? I have never heard of such a company. I've seen small streaming services utilized by libraries but they are on government contracts and tax funded as far as I know.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Local motorsports in the US.

It's a whack-a-mole of services which restream content, but the piracy services are also subscription based.