Comment on Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined

lemmylommy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What’s there to learn that isn’t already widely known? Existing (copyright) laws are asinine and all corporations eventually become consumed by greed. That’s America in a nutshell.

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  • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s not even copyright laws, it’s everyone insisting on exclusive contracts. There’s no reason a piece of content couldn’t be on Netflix and Disney+ at the same time. It would be a lot better for consumers if streamers could compete on price and service instead of which content they managed to create/licence.

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    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Music streaming has proven this for years now, all the major brands have massive collections that make its super easy to pay and listen to just about anything.

      Early Netflix proved this when everything was readily available for an affordable pricre.

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      • downhomechunk@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Me in the 90s and 00s: yarrrr!

        Me in the 10s: it feels good to be legit

        Me in the 20s: YARRRRRRRRR!

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      • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yep, you choose between Spotify, Tidal, etc based on price and how well the app works, not because one service has the band you like while the other one doesn’t (not that music streaming isn’t its own shitshow for other reasons, of course).

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      • vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The situation is a lot better with music, but it’s not perfect. There’s still issues with region locking content, and content only existing on one service and not another.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Exactly. I like Netflix’s service, but Disney’s content. Why can’t I just pay for a Disney bundle on Netflix? Likewise with Max, Peacock, etc.

      Lawyers are why we can’t have nice things.

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  • Zacryon@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Capitalism wherever it is found. Not just the USA.

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