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Re:The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid by marysol5 on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @06:11AM (#48368205)
>but the current media pricing is too expensive (in a myriad of ways) for the value it's providing.

I'd argue that media is substantially better value today, than it ever was back in the day.

You pay now the price of a single DVD, for a whole extensive catalogue of content. Or what you'd pay to watch a PPV for the time it was broadcast.

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Re:The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid by yurishimo on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @06:40AM (#48368422)
> You pay now the price of a single DVD, for a whole extensive catalogue of content.

You pay that amount for access to said catalogue of content for a single month. If you bought the DVD, it would work for years/decades to come (assuming no manufacturing defects) plus you'd be well within your rights to make a digital copy of that DVD for your private collection.

Sure, you probably only watched that DVD 1-3 times, but that's not the point. The point is you bought it and that gives you certain rights that are now totally absent from a digital first media consumption reference point.

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Re:The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid by account42 on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @07:37AM (#48368891)
Even if you only watch the DVD 1-3 times you also have the right to resell it.
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