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Re:Reddit to Give 10% of Its 2014 Ad Revenue to Non-Profits ... by bonchibuji on Friday February 28, 2014 @05:45PM (#7322061)
I have a Netflix connection and I am in Finland. 98% of the time, when I search for a movie/documentary/series on Netflix, it's unavailable for streaming (mostly because the content for Netflix Finland is far less than that for US). Then, I have to head over to PirateBay to get the stuff. It's the fastest way. I could order a DVD from Amazon UK or Germany, but then it would take at least a week.

As long as content producers and distributors fail to find a faster way to distribute their offerings, I think piracy will continue and grow.

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Re:Reddit to Give 10% of Its 2014 Ad Revenue to Non-Profits ... by 1stop on Friday February 28, 2014 @06:05PM (#7322153)
Startup idea: A for pay private tracker with deals with the media industry.

You could track seeds, peers, etc, and pay the media companies a license per peer (whatever). Could probably get a good picture of piracy of each piece of content as well.

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