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U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking bill, "Block BEARD"

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

RiverCrochet wrote: post #206

This bill is different than the domain seizures of the past; it seems to be the start of a framework where the government is using its power to tell ISPs to block access to IP addresses - in this case, those identified as foreign piracy sites. Honestly I don't know what's already happening in this space, though. I haven't heard of many instances where U.S. judges are ordering ISPs to block traffic to sites like in ot…

Governments saw how much they got away with during the pandemic, most of it to thunderous applause. This has emboldened them to grasp even more power.

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

keernan wrote: post #63

I am more concerned about "big brother" - the increasing use of the internet by the government to "watch" its citizens. The recent efforts by England's demand that Apple provide the English government with a "back door" into Apple OS. And more and more governments demanding ID under the guise of protecting children. How is that going to work? Are we all going to need a government issued digital identity in order to u…

Most accepted needing a government document to access most aspects of public life just a couple of years ago. The governments saw the public blink and now it knows the sky is the limit.

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Post by akaitea »

blackjack_ wrote: post #30

I've been trying to watch old 80s-90s movies recently. I'm happy to pay $5 or whatever, and they just aren't available anywhere. Rental stores are dead, so I can't go rent them from blockbuster or whatever, and streaming sites have splintered to the point I'm not even sure what is a scam and what is a legitimate business anymore. Trying to even find availability of what films exist on which streaming sites has been a…

try local second hand sites and physical copies, although the quality will most likely not be as good if its only been released on DVD

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ozgrakkurt wrote: post #218
jasode wrote: post #143

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>Why is this so hard for the film industry? It boils down to money. Movies & tv have higher monetary value to the studios than songs to the record labels. So the ip owners of video content get more revenue by restricting it as exclusives to their respective platforms rather than licensing it out to everybody and get a smaller fractional payment from an everything-unlimited-catalog video streaming service. E.g. HBO wo…

Games make way more money than movies but it also seems to be solved for games in the form of steam

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seanw444 wrote: post #51
shkkmo wrote: post #38

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For a while, streaming was better than any alternative. However over the last several year prices have a spike while the collections available for streaming have shrunk and splintered. Then a bunch of the streaming sites started adding ads for their paying customers. At this point streaming servcies have been enshitified enough to make piracy again the better experience.

Can confirm. The only streaming service I use anymore is Disney+, and I only have it because I like to watch the new Star Wars stuff when it releases at good quality. Everything else I care to watch, which isn't much besides older stuff, I'll just torrent now. Greedy companies really need to heed Gabe Newell's words.

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Post by burnt-resistor »

benreesman wrote: post #17

I've recently switched to privacy respecting computing options, so of course lost access to everything I've bought from Apple and Amazon for the last 20 years. If I never paid for content again they'd still be in my debt. You wouldn't steal a car would you? No, but I'd repossess one from some delinquent son of a bitch in a suit.

You only rented licenses if you didn't receive physical copies or DRM-free downloads.

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Post by _lvbh »

int_19h wrote: post #201
Ylpertnodi wrote: post #147

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Ban vpn use. It's on the cards.

Good luck enforcing that. VPN protocols have already been honed in the process of evading Chinese, Russian, and Iranian blocks. V2Ray, Trojan etc.

I can envision whitelist-only ISPs that block any traffic to unvetted domains and IPs. Hopefully we still have some time left before total dictatorship

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Post by AngryData »

criddell wrote: post #177
philips wrote: post #125

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An archival incentive is the reason I am pro 25 year copyright. This current situation is causing our cultural heritage to rot.

Seems like a fair solution might be limiting damages on pirating movies that aren't widely available. For example, if a movie isn't available for streaming cap damages at $2.99 or whatever the going rental rate is.

I don't see why there should be any damages paid out if something isn't available to stream. How can you claim a loss of sales for a product you aren't even selling? Why why should anyone be rewarded for not providing a product and just sitting on it so nobody else can use it? There certainly isn't any excuse for not being able to bring a product to market fast enough when it previously was already on the market and there are plenty of services to license it for streaming or sale.
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