Opponents say SOPA-like proposal would block plenty of legitimate websites.
  • tux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    If it’s that big a deal go after the service providers for the servers, this type of shit just makes inhibiting free speech easier.

    If I don’t want people using Truth Social I guess making a bunch of accounts to share torrent links would be enough to shut it down?

    The MPAA still has never been able to demonstrate that privacy even has actual impacts on movie and ticket sales… When Netflix was super convenient and had a lot of content piracy went down. Turns out splitting to dozens of streaming services made it difficult enough that people just went back to sailing the high seas. So lower your prices, make it more convenient to pay for services and people will just do that instead.

    • TheImpressiveX@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      The MPAA still has never been able to demonstrate that privacy even has actual impacts on movie and ticket sales…

      It does. If everyone paid for tickets in cash and never online, they wouldn’t be able to harvest user data.

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    Legally guaranteed corporate profits, with enforcement funded by taxpayers.

    We should abolish this practice.

  • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    Piracy websites should add a copy of the U.S. Constitution to their websites. Just slap a “/constitution.html” on the site.

    Then, if the MPA succeeds, we can talk about how the U.S. Government is blocking access to hundreds/thousands of copies of the Constitution online.

  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    Instead of being contempt with one yacht, they’re gonna do what they can to have zero.

    When A24 and state run film studios like Vicscreen are the only ones making anything remotely worth the box office, you have a problem, and burning down the barn to stop the foxes from all those delicious hens aren’t gonna fix it. Just more socialized losses.

  • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    The parasites that keep the money aren’t the “movie industry”, the people who actually work to make the movies are.

    • dumbass@lemy.lolEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      I have found and become a big fan of tv shows that I would have never had the chance to see because of piracy, one of my favourite shows ‘Corner Gas’ never once aired in my home country. Thank you piracy for helping me find good entertainment.

      • akakunai@lemmy.caEnglish
        0·
        3 months ago

        Never thought a single non-canadian would have even heard of Corner Gas lol

        • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          3 months ago

          Another non-Canadian who found the show by happenstance and think it’s great! Also watched the animated seasons when they came out (although not quite the same).

        • dumbass@lemy.lolEnglish
          0·
          3 months ago

          I absolutely love it, it’s the perfect show in my opinion, I’m so glad I stumbled across it.

          I was sold on it by the first episode entirely because of Oscar, he kills me with every line.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      Been doing torrents for about… I don’t even know now. 25 years? I’ve got the same setup. What makes use et better? I still don’t get it. I tried it once. It was weird, I had to grab a bunch of files and combine them or something, and I’m mystified how it’s any different than downloading off someone’s server and how they’re able to skirt around site takedowns. You have to pay for it too. Is the lifetime of files even any good? When I tried it I remember you had to take what you could get while it was still there.

      • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        3 months ago

        I’m mystified how it’s any different than downloading off someone’s server

        A huge difference is you actually are downloading off someone’s server - unlike torrents where you’re actively participating in the distribution of pirated material. If you ever do end up on the wrong end of a copyright case… that difference will be important.

        • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
          0·
          3 months ago

          True, but how are these servers just willy nilly allowed to exist and not taken down?

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      Then they’ll come for blocking vpn ports or IPs. Then tor. Then…

      Time for our own user owned distributed wireless network.