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Film Companies Seek ‘Torrenting History’ Related to Redditor (torrentfreak.com)
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[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

More proof that streaming has become cable with more steps. Piracy is ramping back up to the point that corps are needing to put on a big showy fight.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah…also coincides with said corps throwing ads on everything. Think they’d learn.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's not them who should learn. It's us. That it's always a game of profit maximization as that's what the system incentivises. For public companies, if something can be made worse to maximize profit extraction, it likely will be. If something can be made more expensive, it likely will be. Most companies don't make products or serve customers. They make money for and serve their major shareholders. They know what they're doing. We don't.