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The Australian government is having stream ripping sites blocked by ISPs in the ongoing war between the MPAA and the rest of the world. New site blocking laws introduced in Australian in late 2015, and recently beefed up, provide a way for local rights holders to go after sites that facilitate the infringement of copyright. Vanessa Hutley of Music Rights Australia claims that the fact that people use these sites proves that services such as Spotify and Apple Music do not eliminate copyright violations and therefor harsher action is required.
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Australian Government Cracking Down on Streaming Sites
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by BsAtHome on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:45AM (1 child)
To keep prices at an inflated level. The 101 of economics: you need scarce resources.
Streaming "all you can eat" buffets does not make things scarce. Therefore, doing so would expose the real value of the service and content.
Now the media people are in a pickle. The "streaming" part is already at an economic cost level of a rounding error. Keeping prices high means to crack down on (uncontrolled) streaming. Instead of embracing the situation, they try to push for "rules" for economic protection. However, it is obvious, that not all of societal development are buying the new "rules". They are felt as a misguided attempt to reduce access.
The easiest way to resolve the problem: kill the businessmen.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @11:09AM
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