jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoPoor Poor Pitiful Mesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1700
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minus-squareblahsay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·11 months agoFun fact: Piracy is still supporting the film industry. We see movies, talk about it, free publicy, reviews etc. Apparently in the industry they consider the value of a pirated movie about 1/4 that of a paid one. Some programs etc would pretty much die without piracy like the Adobe suite
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·11 months agoWhen the biggest German piracy streaming page was shut down more than a decade ago, rumors have it that the film industry suffered enormously
minus-squareCptEnder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 months agoCan confirm, work in the industry - we don’t care. The only reason there’s anti-piracy stuff out there is because the FBI pressured studios in the 90s to help stop brown people from bootlegging VHSs then later DVDs.
Fun fact: Piracy is still supporting the film industry. We see movies, talk about it, free publicy, reviews etc.
Apparently in the industry they consider the value of a pirated movie about 1/4 that of a paid one.
Some programs etc would pretty much die without piracy like the Adobe suite
When the biggest German piracy streaming page was shut down more than a decade ago, rumors have it that the film industry suffered enormously
Can confirm, work in the industry - we don’t care. The only reason there’s anti-piracy stuff out there is because the FBI pressured studios in the 90s to help stop brown people from bootlegging VHSs then later DVDs.