TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoFive Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combinedvariety.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: anticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.compiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFive Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combinedvariety.comTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: anticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.compiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareanlumo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey didn’t need the army of lawyers to get license deals, so that’s not a fair comparison.
minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIts almost like its unecessary shit made up in order to keep profits away from working people artificially
minus-squareWarlordSdocy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYeah its almost like if we didn’t keep extending copyright protections a bunch of stuff would be in the public domain and any streaming service could offer it without having to deal with licensing.
minus-squareBrickhead92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI mean that’s all well and good, but then how would the very deserving shareholders get dividends? Won’t somebody think of the shareholders!?
They didn’t need the army of lawyers to get license deals, so that’s not a fair comparison.
Its almost like its unecessary shit made up in order to keep profits away from working people artificially
Yeah its almost like if we didn’t keep extending copyright protections a bunch of stuff would be in the public domain and any streaming service could offer it without having to deal with licensing.
I mean that’s all well and good, but then how would the very deserving shareholders get dividends?
Won’t somebody think of the shareholders!?