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minus-squareblahsay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-squareCptEnder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhen the biggest German piracy streaming page was shut down more than a decade ago, rumors have it that the film industry suffered enormously
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
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.
When the biggest German piracy streaming page was shut down more than a decade ago, rumors have it that the film industry suffered enormously