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minus-squareArt35ian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·edit-21 年前a) discussions aren’t a crime. b) what are studios going to do to the hundreds of millions of daily pirates? Write stern letters? c) they tried identifying us and sending us stern letters in 2001 and we all laughed, then kept pirating anyway.
minus-squareSpotlight7573@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 年前b and c) Go after the ISPs who don’t disconnect the pirating users and sue them instead. Go after the deep pockets.
minus-squareArcane_Trixster@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 年前They did that too. Most ISP’S outside of Comcast shrugged as well. The studios lost this fight almost 2 decades ago.
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前Yes they will write stern, spooky letters to the tone of “give us money or get sued”. Then they take the money they get, and sue no one because they have no evidence. It’s basically a 419 scam, but with lawyers
a) discussions aren’t a crime.
b) what are studios going to do to the hundreds of millions of daily pirates? Write stern letters?
c) they tried identifying us and sending us stern letters in 2001 and we all laughed, then kept pirating anyway.
b and c) Go after the ISPs who don’t disconnect the pirating users and sue them instead. Go after the deep pockets.
They did that too. Most ISP’S outside of Comcast shrugged as well. The studios lost this fight almost 2 decades ago.
Yes they will write stern, spooky letters to the tone of “give us money or get sued”. Then they take the money they get, and sue no one because they have no evidence.
It’s basically a 419 scam, but with lawyers