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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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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Way too many businesses rely on VPNs to ban them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Oh you sweet child. They only need to ban them for citizens, not for business / shareholders.

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