Hollywood and Netflix Report Piracy Threats to the EU, Call for 'Intermediary' Action * TorrentFreak
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The MPA has submitted its latest overview of piracy threats to the European Commission with a focus on the role of third-party intermediaries.
  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Netflix didn’t have this problem when only Netflix existed. Then they started removing content from their platform and pissed everyone off so people started pirating because they wanted their content back.

    Then a bunch of other streaming services started and Netflix didn’t really do anything to make their product more attractive, so those streaming providers ended up getting more content. Then Netflix cut back on their own unique content, which was their main drive in the first place (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, And yes I know it was terrible, but Discovery). So now I have to have 35 different subscriptions if I want to be 100% legit.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Remember when Netflix first started raising prices claiming it was all going to go toward new content that people would be excited for? That was years ago now and we’ve seen additional increases, along with ads, and blocking account sharing and their content still sucks for the most part.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Especially suck less.

      If they sucked less, they’d have broader appeal, meaning more consumers so could potentially, maybe, not be so overpriced vs their value.

      Oh, who am I kidding? Hollywood has been a bunch of arrogant asshats forever.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Over the past two decades, online piracy has proven to be a massive challenge for the entertainment industries.

    Really?

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      No, not really. Sales go up every year in legitimate sources. Piracy isn’t for the normies, they get to pay.