Since the invention of the DVD, regional restrictions have been the major driver of piracy worldwide, all in an effort to keep media costs high in developed countries.
The #1 thing studios can do to stop piracy is end regional restrictions on their content, but they won't because their contracts (and the bulk of their middle men business) relies on regional restrictions.
The victims are the people around the world that simply want to watch a movie or listen to some music - one that maybe got a lot of press six months ago but because they don't live in the United States they still can't see it, even though they share the same world wide web that we do.
Which is why multi-national corporations are probably claiming copyright to works they don't actually own. They know nobody can afford to challenge their claim.
The only one making that case about Dotcom is you.
This case has always been about the nefarious actions the U.S. goverment has undertaken to stop him. If anything, they've turned him into a hero. His reputation before all of this was "yeah, he's probably a criminal."
Does not matter what Kim Dotcom did - it's no excuse for the U.S. government to break the law and resort to stealing just to to stop him or any other criminal, and seizing his assets is closer to piracy than anything Dotcom has done.
Taylor Swift isn't getting screwed by the label. It's the 100s of other artists that signed up hoping to be Taylor Swift that are getting screwed over. It's a game where only a few artists win - the ones that make the most money - and everyone else loses everything.
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The #1 thing studios can do to stop piracy is end regional restrictions on their content, but they won't because their contracts (and the bulk of their middle men business) relies on regional restrictions.
The victims are the people around the world that simply want to watch a movie or listen to some music - one that maybe got a lot of press six months ago but because they don't live in the United States they still can't see it, even though they share the same world wide web that we do.
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This case has always been about the nefarious actions the U.S. goverment has undertaken to stop him. If anything, they've turned him into a hero. His reputation before all of this was "yeah, he's probably a criminal."
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Having to ask the government "pretty please" and hoping they'll comply with the law is ridiculous.
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