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Film companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011 (arstechnica.com)

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[–] RedCanasta@lemmy.fmhy.ml 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just want to drop this here because of how ridiculous these entertainment cartels can be:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/eu-commission-piracy-report

Piracy aides in creating sales.

Up to 3% more for movies in theaters: https://hbr.org/2020/10/the-digital-piracy-dilemma

[–] Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Interesting. NAL, but I wonder if you are in legal trouble for game piracy if you could motion to dismiss due to their lack of standing due to this report...