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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 8 months ago by Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 72 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

Piracy is not stealing.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 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).

[-] Chriswild@lemmy.world 17 points 8 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

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 8 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.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.