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.

  • xenoclast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    They call “refusing to be exploited” piracy. Generally industries where there are huge monopolies like media, groceries, and other such thing are most sensitive to this because they lack the ability to deal with outside pressures any more.

    Vilifying people fighting back is the cheapest way to manage this.

    I’m kinda looking forward to seeing what replaces things like Netflix and Spotify

    • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yeah it should be interesting. I’m also looking forward to see what new trackers come into relevance as the userbase increases.

      Redacted as the only viable music tracker is a real shame. Just like everything else, we need more options not less.

      • Hoimo@ani.socialEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I really felt like all the good stuff was only on private trackers the last few years. A few of the biggest public trackers also went down, that certainly didn’t help, but even before that I had a hard time finding some older, rarer things. If piracy gets bigger, I hope to see more reliable public trackers again with bigger catalogues.