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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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