Streaming Pirates Are Hollywood’s New Villains
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Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and subscriber fees.
  • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    9 months ago

    I wouldn’t ever buy the content so it’s not a lost sale either. All I’ve done is copy a file. gasp

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      You’re not allowed to buy the content anyways. You’re only allowed to pay for the illusion of ownership, until they decide they don’t want to host it anymore, and then you lose it. They’re such bullshit artists that they redefine common words like “buy” and “own” in their ToS.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I believe their justification would be that you aquiring the media is a definite loss of sale vs you not subbing/buying the media is a potential sale in the future.

      Edit: Not my opinion. Just imagining how they would justify it before court should it come to it.

        • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          “Customers want to own their content”. It’s amazing to me that execs don’t grasp this? Or that they think if they stop allowing it people will stop caring, but maybe they will eventually. But it seems obvious, I’ve know many families that had massive dvd collections they were proud of. Bookshelves with dozens of books they probably never even read. It’s just comforting to have a thing and know it’s yours.

          Every development in business consolidates their power and increases anxiety for the people.

      • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        By that same rational: My not getting a raise is a lost sale because if I had more money I would buy more. So is corporate profit a lost sale?