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We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • reddit_sux@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The article wonders why would anyone pirate, let us give him the reason:

    1. Ads
    2. Multiple streaming services costing many times more than food. With nothing to see except for re runs and rehashes of old content.
    3. Ads
    4. Rising prices for poor service and shit content.
    5. Ads
    6. Geoblocking
    7. Ads
    8. Low quality videos even if you are willing to pay just because you don’t wish to use their specified player or browser. Why can’t I stream it to VLC player without the overhead of a browser.
    9. Ads
    10. All the while the CEO and the executive of the companies raking in billions on the money they are saying charging us for the artists.
    • TDCN@feddit.dkEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Also wanna add:

      1. Missing subtitles in the language you want (looking at you apple tv without English subtitles on local language movies.)
      2. Ads
      3. Only the 2 random seasons in the middle of a TV show are available. And new seasons not added.
      4. Ads
      • Derin@lemmy.beru.coEnglish
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        1 year ago

        As a person who loves watching movies with subtitles, this is why I’m canceling Amazon Prime. The fuckers literally won’t offer me English language subtitles for some flicks because I Iive outside the US.

        I don’t care if the movie itself is in English, why the hell can’t I watch with subtitles in the same language as the film itself? Holy fuck.

        • GeekyNerdyNerd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 year ago

          why the hell can’t I watch with subtitles in the same language as the film itself? Holy fuck.

          Probably because the subtitles have their own copyright separate from the film itself and Amazon likely doesn’t have the license to the English subtitles outside of the USA. It wouldn’t surprise me, music lyrics have their own separate copyright from the recording after all.

          The copyright system is the biggest problem here. It simply isn’t fit for purpose in the digital age, unless that purpose was to benefit a handful of legacy mega corps while harming independent content creators and stifling culture across the globe.