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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by mewpmewp2 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @08:14AM (#27800204)
I would easily pay 50eur/month if it meant I could easily select any movie or tv show I wanted as it's released.

Right now there doesn't seem to be such experience provided anywhere and my Netflix subscription is basically running without me using it, because I rarely find anything worth watching where I live.

So if I want to watch something I really want to watch I have no choice, but to select the piracy approach.

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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by strictfp on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:56AM (#27800823)
Agree. The movie industry hasn't been disrupted in the same way that Spotify disrupted music distribution. The same balkanization used to happen with music licenses. Spotify disrupted that by simply pirating and offering the record companies a piece of the cake after the fact.

Someone would need to pull something similar with the movie industry.

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