The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

    • sanqueue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      8 months ago

      Guess what also been increasing? The number of streaming platforms trying to out bid their competitors. You know what else is increasing? The number of streaming platforms going after account sharing and they wonder why people are going back to piracy. Piracy is king and no one will be able to stop it.

      • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        That’s what I’m worried about….billionaires will convince governments (who haven’t banned them yet) a “think of the children act” which will ban VPNs

        • partizan@lemm.eeEnglish
          11·
          8 months ago

          VPN is basically just a encrypted channel between 2 systems, while one of them forward traffic to the internet and unless they block/filter every encrypted connection, there is no way to block it at mass…

          • Shyfer@ttrpg.networkEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            It can’t be impossible because certain countries have been trying. Hasn’t China already been fining people for using VPNs?

          • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
            12·
            8 months ago

            Oh you sweet child. They only need to ban them for citizens, not for business / shareholders.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              8 months ago

              I don’t know about China, but Russia has not banned VPNs. They banned specific VPN services. I’m guessing it’s similar in China. And there are plenty of grey and black market VPN services for people in those countries to use. And they use them.

        • AAA@feddit.deEnglish
          7·
          8 months ago

          Well, at some point people will remember that it’s possible to share things via USB stick or a drive.

          • NoRodent@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            Man, those were the times… Borrowing hard drives from friends, burning CDs, sharing lists of who has what…