Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
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Re: Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
#2The same is true for Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and probably other countries in the region. Most people there find it stupid and a "sign of weakness" to pay for digital content. Not only media, but software as well.
Re: Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
#3Despotic empires. These people are shameless. Does anyone think hardly any of these folks in Iraq would be able to afford this content if it weren't free? Do they really think it devalues their content globally?
Re: Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
#4A honest question: based on the title, are there legal streaming pirates?
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#5Good for them.
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#6The US government should be subsidizing it, best propaganda there is.
Re: Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
#7Tut. As though copyright were but a gentleman’s agreement. How uncouth.
Re: Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
#8The US government should be subsidizing it, best propaganda there is.
'Merica bad blah blah -- I don't have the heart to tell you about the state of propaganda in the Arab world.
Re: Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
#9People who pay for legal streaming of music and video are subsidizing the subversion of free speech and privacy on the Internet. The providers use part of their income to lobby politicians for more invasive monitoring of everyone's activities online (so it's easier to catch "pirates") and also fight against any means of preserving one's privacy online.
All politicians who suggest to ban encryption online (to protect the children) are sponsored by the music and film industry.
All VPN provides that don't keep logs are stopped from accepting payment for their service through credit/debit cards and PayPal (because streaming providers can't track "pirates" if there are no logs, so they go to the banks and ask the VPN provider to be banned from accepting bank cards).
Re: Nearly every person in Iraq is an illegal streaming pirate, sources say
#10A honest question: based on the title, are there legal streaming pirates?
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