cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2074056
Archived version: https://archive.ph/pgBSN
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230829233605/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/sports-leagues-ask-us-for-instantaneous-dmca-takedowns-and-website-blocking/
Just about every single digital service anymore that isn’t involved in piracy has definitely forgotten the silver rule:
To stop piracy more effectively, you need to be more convenient than the pirates.
Is it more convenient to pay whatever the price is for the individual sports subscriptions/packages/whatever, or is it more convenient to go to a single site to stream the games you want for free?
It’s why Netflix, in the early days of their streaming platform, helped curb piracy by a sizeable amount. You could watch what you wanted when you wanted all on a single application/website without worrying about potentially downloading an infected file or worrying about ads.
This. I literally pay for MLB.tv. Then they started blacking out the games even though I’m 400 miles away from the stadium. I start using a VPN, which works for a while, then it doesn’t. So I stop paying and pirate. They don’t want my money I guess
See also Spotify dent in pirating music.
If that’s the silver rule, then what’s the golden rule?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Oh I thought u were trying to say there was a separate “golden rule of piracy”, but u meant Jesus 😂
And we can totally trust them to never abuse this power or falsely accuse a legal site of infringement over materials they don’t even own, right? riiiiiiiiiiiiight
(Looking at you, RIAA and MPAA… Can you see my sarcasm from there?)
No, I didn’t catch your sarcasm. You should lay it on a little more thick for idiots like me.
Sorry, I would, but I’m afraid of permanently damaging my brain if I go any further down that rabbit hole.
I must know what sites they are warning us about so that I know to avoid them!
