Re:Neil Hunt on Netflix and the Story of Netflix Streaming
by dmix on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @07:08PM
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That's a good idea. Similar to 'probable cause' but from the citizens perspective or the various legal tests created by courts to ascertain guilt.
Basically that the consumer went to reasonable lengths to purchase the product legally and wasn't able to as a legal defense. If the owner doesn't make the content reasonably available than they have no claim that it shouldn't be consume by other grey-market means.
As easy as torrenting is, it's still not ideal to just watching it one Netflix or Prime. There are real incentives to not pirate assuming the content creator utilizes these (mainstream) options.
This creates market incentives to maximize the return on the copyrighted content and still forces the bigger distribution platforms to follow the rules.
Basically that the consumer went to reasonable lengths to purchase the product legally and wasn't able to as a legal defense. If the owner doesn't make the content reasonably available than they have no claim that it shouldn't be consume by other grey-market means.
As easy as torrenting is, it's still not ideal to just watching it one Netflix or Prime. There are real incentives to not pirate assuming the content creator utilizes these (mainstream) options.
This creates market incentives to maximize the return on the copyrighted content and still forces the bigger distribution platforms to follow the rules.