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Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new mo... by Cyranix on Thursday September 01, 2011 @10:21PM (#2952656)
I haven't torrented anything in probably two or three years (only used it for non-US releases and before I had significant income), but I've never needed to fuss with codecs/formats after using the Combined Community Codec Pack.

I had no idea there was any drama about who provided what content in that scene, but I suppose that's one more reason to welcome legitimate online video sources.

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Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new mo... by w1ntermute on Thursday September 01, 2011 @10:33PM (#2952677)
> I had no idea there was any drama about who provided what content in that scene

It's called The Scene[0], and yes, there are humongous drama queens in some of the biggest release groups.

> but I suppose that's one more reason to welcome legitimate online video sources.

Not really, since, as I said above, it has no effect on the end consumers of said media.

0: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Warez_scene

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