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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)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Say it louder with me for the people in the back.

Piracy is not stealing.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"If buying is not owning, then piracy is not stealing."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I gotta say I love this meme. I think about it every time a tech company does something really scummy to take away features and products that people have purchased (and not rented/leased).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i dunno i heard that you wouldn't steal a car

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Correct. I wouldn’t steal a car. But I would absolutely make a perfect copy of a car for free.