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Re:Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases by sandworm101 on Friday September 04, 2020 @03:42PM (#24378245)
I'll admit to torrenting things I have total access to because the particular material that I already pay good money for doesn't run on the device on which I wish to view the paid for content. If your service doesn't stream to linux devices, and your customer is stuck in an airport hotel with only his linux laptop, either stop complaining about torrents or fix your service.
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Re:Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:47PM (#24379205)
Likewise, if I need to change my public ip to access a service it's far easier to just download the content and serve it myself.
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Re:Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases by lostlogin on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:50PM (#24379676)
!?

Why would you need to change your public IP? Is the how cable works in the US?

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Re:Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases by Izkata on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:13PM (#24380865)
Probably referring to when something is available only in certain markets due to geoblocking. For example, one of the recent Star Treks was distributed in the US by CBS, and outside the US by Netflix.

Also they didn't say they're in the US.

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