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Sports leagues ask US for “instantaneous” DMCA takedowns and website blocking (arstechnica.com)
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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Just about every single digital service anymore that isn't involved in piracy has definitely forgotten the silver rule:

To stop piracy more effectively, you need to be more convenient than the pirates.

Is it more convenient to pay whatever the price is for the individual sports subscriptions/packages/whatever, or is it more convenient to go to a single site to stream the games you want for free?

It's why Netflix, in the early days of their streaming platform, helped curb piracy by a sizeable amount. You could watch what you wanted when you wanted all on a single application/website without worrying about potentially downloading an infected file or worrying about ads.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

This. I literally pay for MLB.tv. Then they started blacking out the games even though I'm 400 miles away from the stadium. I start using a VPN, which works for a while, then it doesn't. So I stop paying and pirate. They don't want my money I guess

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If that's the silver rule, then what's the golden rule?

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Oh I thought u were trying to say there was a separate "golden rule of piracy", but u meant Jesus 😂

[–] Alfiegerner@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

See also Spotify dent in pirating music.