553

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 Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

162 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 64 points 10 months ago

I don't use these services, but after learning a bit about them I have to say I'd rather pay an honest thief than one who lies about ownership ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 19 points 10 months ago

I don't use these services either, but my understanding is that some of these thiefs seem to not even have a profit model. One prominent streamer who I won't name, "FZ", as the kids call it, they don't require registration and are allowing those who use ad-blockers to access the site.

I don't understand why Hollywood is even going after these guys. Just wait for their lack of monetization sweeps them under.