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Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy (www.theguardian.com)
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According to London‑based piracy monitoring and content‑protection firm MUSO, unlicensed streaming is the predominant source of TV and film piracy, accounting for 96% in 2023. Piracy reached a low in 2020, with 130bn website visits. But by 2024 that number had risen to 216bn. In Sweden, 25% of people surveyed reported pirating in 2024, a trend mostly driven by those aged 15 to 24. Piracy is back, just sailing under a different flag.

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 11 points 3 hours ago

Death by a thousand (financial) cuts.