Re:UK national extradited to US for film/TV piracy
by lolinder on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:08PM
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Definitely not looking forward to the day of ad-supported ebooks. "Sponsored" paragraphs injected into the middle of a chapter? Or maybe flashy banner ads alongside? Sounds like a nightmare.
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Re:UK national extradited to US for film/TV piracy
by HotHotLava on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:17AM
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Back in the 90s in Germany, Heyne Verlag was infamously inserting ads for Maggi Instant Soup [1] into the text of many of its Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels.
[1]: https://gmkeros.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/terry-pratchett-and...
Re:UK national extradited to US for film/TV piracy
by andy_ppp on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:55PM
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“Don’t forget to click [Subscribe] and tick the annoy me whenever I release content icon”…
Re:UK national extradited to US for film/TV piracy
by HotHotLava on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:38AM
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Which is, realistically, a pretty small price to pay for free high-quality content. Most of the higher-end channels also have the option to get an ad-free and nudge-free version if you're willing to pay.
Honestly, I'd much prefer that model for books over the forced Adobe DRM or vendor-specific stores that the industry seems to be trending towards.