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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee...::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 99 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Guess what’s also been increasing? Prices.

Guess what also has refused to go up? Wages

[–] sanqueue@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Guess what also been increasing? The number of streaming platforms trying to out bid their competitors. You know what else is increasing? The number of streaming platforms going after account sharing and they wonder why people are going back to piracy. Piracy is king and no one will be able to stop it.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago (9 children)

That’s what I’m worried about….billionaires will convince governments (who haven’t banned them yet) a “think of the children act” which will ban VPNs

[–] AAA@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, at some point people will remember that it's possible to share things via USB stick or a drive.

[–] NoRodent@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Man, those were the times... Borrowing hard drives from friends, burning CDs, sharing lists of who has what...

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