Re:“The Pirate Bay can’t be stopped,” co-founder says
by mdekkers on Monday November 29, 2021 @01:29AM
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Absolutely. I am a chronic expat, and frequently move countries. Due to ridiculous restrictions, I am unable to get movies and TV shows, in English, with English subtitles. Most of the time it is dubbed in $native_language without subs.
I want to pay for my media. But it want it in English please, with subs. The copyright lobby won’t let me, so I grab torrents. For free.
Same with Formula1. I had a annual subscription to watch races online, in English, until they made some deal with some local broadcaster, meaning I need to sign up to the local broadcasters’ service on terrestrial, cable, or satellite (the ‘90 called, they want their broadcasting model back) and have commentary in $native_language.
- I have disposable income
- I’m happy to fork some of this over to the media companies
- I consume media on an industrial scale
- They refuse to provide a product that is consumable for me
I want to pay for my media. But it want it in English please, with subs. The copyright lobby won’t let me, so I grab torrents. For free.
Same with Formula1. I had a annual subscription to watch races online, in English, until they made some deal with some local broadcaster, meaning I need to sign up to the local broadcasters’ service on terrestrial, cable, or satellite (the ‘90 called, they want their broadcasting model back) and have commentary in $native_language.
- I have disposable income - I’m happy to fork some of this over to the media companies - I consume media on an industrial scale - They refuse to provide a product that is consumable for me
So, thanks, IPTV and torrent sites!