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Originally Posted by Kinky John
so we all have to change to fit their illegal biz model ?
this "if you can't beat 'em - join 'em" attitude kinda sucks
we're expected to accept theft online . . yet we simply won't tolerate it offline
it's gonna become like the 90's wild west all over again . . damn shame imho
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I was fighting people stealing my content 15 years ago, content theft is nothing new. The new adaptation is these guys are making money without the huge traffic costs we have.
We need lawyers to look at it and see if they can steal content and make money from it, if they can then we have to change the laws or adapt. We can look at putting pressure on hosting companies, billing companies and advertsers. But frankly unless we can force them to not do business with these people we're stuck.
If these guys are stealing a lot of traffic from us then they have hosting costs, if their bottom line is small then we attack them by offering a very low price product that leaves us a profit and allows us to serve out decent movies at a decent speed.
However if they are making decent money and we do find a way to prosecute or stop them because they're stealing content. They will simply license it. Or maybe they will start selling a scene at 10 cents to cover the cost of buying it.