Netflix was one of the biggest reasons movie studios were freaking out about piracy. Back then people would use Netflix, a DVD rental by mail service, to rip or copy movies in bulk. Even my father (I’m 52) had a machine dedicated to copying Netflix DVDs. So it is very ironic that Netflix streaming ended up being the “solution” to a problem they had exacerbated.
The problem they have now is that it is very easy and cheap to rip streams, and bandwidth is fast and plentiful (vs early 2Ks). People rent a movie off of Prime, rip the stream, and upload it to Mega out of spite.
Piracy is a result of a service problem. I would gladly pay a reasonable fee monthly for access to any and every show I want to watch. I’m for sure am not going to pay for 12 different streaming services so I can watch severance on one, the office on another, the wire on a third when I can just download it for free.
Hell I would pay a pirate a monthly amount just to have seamless turnkey access. But the level of effort is so low these days that honestly there’s no reason to pay for streaming.
I agree with the above, but I also want to be able to buy movies. I love having video-files on my storage server. I want to support the creators of the movies that I like. I wish I could go to flowthemovie.com and buy a DRM-free copy of the movie.
I don’t pirate games, because I don’t have to thanks to GoG. I don’t pirate music because I don’t have to thanks to Bandcamp. I wish movies could be that easy.
Under other US administrations, I’d picture a new model or iteration. Right now? Paramilitary busting down doors and more states banning porn for some reason
Unfortunately, though, they are mostly based out of the US, which means instead of innovating (which is what I think he was implying) they will just make shit more miserable for everyone, but mostly for those in the US. Until US people learn to stop spending money on companies doing harm, we’re fucked. Examples are drastic price increases, cracking down on password sharing, and shelving “costly” media instead of trying to improve service.
Just a side note, I haven’t personally paid for these services for a long time
I see. I can use torrent without VPN in my location but I get it.
Blocking VPNs is a nightmare for governments. Some companies rely on them for normal operation. I doubt western countries will take such path due to the economic impact of it. You got also ways to bypass blocks, new obfs protocols popping up everyday, residential proxies, tor, i2p,… So yeah, you need a full time large team working to keep up with some of that for a full implementation. How China didnt give up on that yet is beyond me TBH.
IMO, it s not something we should worry about it now.
If everyone did that, then they might start cracking down.
At the very least, though, this person should be service hopping instead of paying for 13.
No, the last time everyone did that Netflix was created, which has nearly killed the piracy for most people.
We’re just going back to the basics.
But then, there was a second, then a third, a fourth… And they all have different catalogues.
Umm…actually. (<–joking)
Netflix was one of the biggest reasons movie studios were freaking out about piracy. Back then people would use Netflix, a DVD rental by mail service, to rip or copy movies in bulk. Even my father (I’m 52) had a machine dedicated to copying Netflix DVDs. So it is very ironic that Netflix streaming ended up being the “solution” to a problem they had exacerbated.
The problem they have now is that it is very easy and cheap to rip streams, and bandwidth is fast and plentiful (vs early 2Ks). People rent a movie off of Prime, rip the stream, and upload it to Mega out of spite.
Piracy is a result of a service problem. I would gladly pay a reasonable fee monthly for access to any and every show I want to watch. I’m for sure am not going to pay for 12 different streaming services so I can watch severance on one, the office on another, the wire on a third when I can just download it for free.
Hell I would pay a pirate a monthly amount just to have seamless turnkey access. But the level of effort is so low these days that honestly there’s no reason to pay for streaming.
I agree with the above, but I also want to be able to buy movies. I love having video-files on my storage server. I want to support the creators of the movies that I like. I wish I could go to flowthemovie.com and buy a DRM-free copy of the movie.
I don’t pirate games, because I don’t have to thanks to GoG. I don’t pirate music because I don’t have to thanks to Bandcamp. I wish movies could be that easy.
I always forget they ever made DVDs, I don’t think they ever did that outside of USA.
Under other US administrations, I’d picture a new model or iteration. Right now? Paramilitary busting down doors and more states banning porn for some reason
Thankfully though, the US != the entire world
Unfortunately, though, they are mostly based out of the US, which means instead of innovating (which is what I think he was implying) they will just make shit more miserable for everyone, but mostly for those in the US. Until US people learn to stop spending money on companies doing harm, we’re fucked. Examples are drastic price increases, cracking down on password sharing, and shelving “costly” media instead of trying to improve service.
Just a side note, I haven’t personally paid for these services for a long time
mmm cracking how? turning off the internet?
I’m airways afraid of VPN bans
I see. I can use torrent without VPN in my location but I get it.
Blocking VPNs is a nightmare for governments. Some companies rely on them for normal operation. I doubt western countries will take such path due to the economic impact of it. You got also ways to bypass blocks, new obfs protocols popping up everyday, residential proxies, tor, i2p,… So yeah, you need a full time large team working to keep up with some of that for a full implementation. How China didnt give up on that yet is beyond me TBH.
IMO, it s not something we should worry about it now.