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Streaming Pirates Are Hollywood’s New Villains - Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and subscriber fees. (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] cali_ash@lemmy.wtf 208 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If you follow some of the links to pirate sites in the article you'll get redirected to some anti-piracy site which amongst other things tells you this:

Bitch ... that's literally the reason I pirate.

[-] fluckx@lemmy.world 77 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Now only 1400$ a month to watch any show at 480p! Upgrade now to 2100$ per month for the high resolution videos? Can't afford it? Just get another job you lazy hobo!

[-] ugo@feddit.it 50 points 5 months ago

Not so fast now! High resolution video only available on edge on windows

[-] fluckx@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

unintelligible screaming

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago

Or, fill your phones, laptop and streaming devices with 1000 of our proprietary apps! Your personal information and viewing habits get sent 1000 ways from Sunday thanks to all the Privacy Policies you agreed to~