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"Legal Options Are a Better Way to Beat Piracy Than Enforcement"
A new article, published in the American University International Law Review, suggests that affordability and availability are the key drivers to decrease piracy. Focusing on the supply-side is more effective than enforcement options such as lawsuits, infringement notices, and website blocking, the researchers conclude.
[...] One recent article, published by University of Amsterdam researchers João Pedro Quintais and Joost Poort, suggests that affordability and availability are key drivers.
The researchers analyzed a wealth of data and conducted surveys among 35,000 respondents, in thirteen countries. What they found was that, between 2014 and 2017, self-reported piracy rates have dropped in all the European countries that were surveyed, except Germany.
In a 70-page paper, published in American University International Law Review, the researchers try to pinpoint the most likely explanation for this decline, starting with enforcement. [...] This article doesn't have space for a full review of all the literature, but the conclusion from the report's authors is clear. Enforcement is not the silver bullet that will stop piracy. [...] Instead, the researchers believe that other factors are likely responsible for the decline in piracy rates. Specifically, they point to affordability and availability of legal content.
The Decline of Online Piracy: How Markets – Not Enforcement – Drive Down Copyright Infringement (open, no DOI)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by legont on Monday September 02 2019, @08:10PM (7 children)
I have amazon movie service as part of my prime but I am yet to watch any movie using it. To bloody inconvenient.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 02 2019, @08:27PM (5 children)
How is it so inconvenient? I mean I started using it on the PS4, if I had always been using a pc to watch movies maybe I would have just stuck with torrents. But it is pretty convenient with a huge selection.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Monday September 02 2019, @10:35PM (1 child)
The Amazon selection, even with Prime, is not that great. And it's littered with rental/buy options, HBO/Netflix subscription needed, etc. There is a way to filter all that stuff out, but I have had trouble finding it on some platforms.
So I end up just using Kodi + addons. Which can be a crapshoot, but will often work just fine, and has pretty much everything.
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(Score: 2) by Muad'Dave on Tuesday September 03 2019, @11:33AM
Interesting. I use my Samsung TV's app to see Amazon Prime content, and it clearly shows what's included with prime and what's not by default.
(Score: 5, Informative) by legont on Monday September 02 2019, @11:33PM (2 children)
For the sake of the argument, I just tried it now. "Your web browser is missing a digital rights component."
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03 2019, @09:52AM (1 child)
DRM component is even available on Firefox in Debian.
(Score: 2) by https on Tuesday September 03 2019, @02:49PM
...but you disable it immediately upon learning its impact on your and other people's rights.
Offended and laughing about it.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday September 03 2019, @11:25AM
Also tremendously under-utilized are the free disc rental AND streaming options at your local library.
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