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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by TeMPOraL on Sunday July 11, 2021 @02:38PM (#27803467)
> Funny, I’m torrenting SG1 literally right now because Netflix took the episodes down for no reason.

They had SG-1 on Netflix?! It never was available on mine Netflix (which I keep subscribed to only because, and for as long as, they have the golden-era Star Trek series, i.e. TNG-ENT).

Exclusive regional distribution rights are legacy bullshit for digital content. And the sad thing is, people responsible for maintaining those are going to make things worse, because they now figured streaming is hot, and everyone is racing to create their own exclusive streaming platform.

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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday July 12, 2021 @06:54AM (#27809016)
I have a sneaking suspicion Netflix dropped SG1 because people like me would watch it almost continuously and therefore it contributed disproportionately to their content delivery costs.

I lost count how many times I've watched DS9 and VOY, too.

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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by TeMPOraL on Monday July 12, 2021 @07:51AM (#27809328)
> because people like me would watch it almost continuously

I would, too. Only this year I've completed another end-to-end rewatch of DS9, and continued with half of VOY (got interrupted by life) and then half of ENT. And I feel like the time to re-watch TNG is approaching again. Lord help me, if they had SG-1 on Netflix in Poland, I would have been watching it just as much.

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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by lloydatkinson on Monday July 12, 2021 @04:46AM (#27808336)
Yeah they did in the UK!
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