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Streaming is seen, by many content creators, as a way to fight piracy.
by AlexLord 12y ago
Streaming is seen, by many content creators, as a way to fight piracy.
- falsecelaona 12y agoSteam streaming games is seen, by many content creators, as a way to fight piracy. Streaming (as a means of protection) is as useless as DRM except they're too stupid to not do that dance for their legal departments. It hurts legal consumers and doesn't punish non-legit consumers. It prevents you from using content you've paid for & used previously when your internet goes down. Not to mention the enormous waste of electricity/bandwidth/environment/people's lifespan. It costs us all.
- AlexLord 12y agoI never said it was an effective strategy. I just said that it is seen as a means of fighting piracy. People go to large extremes to protect themselves from a perceived loss, even if their actions are more harmful in the long term.
- sroerick 12y agoI know. I'm just frustrated by that. We're imposing random and artificial limits on technology because of an outdated business model. Imagine if the RIAA made a law that CDs could only be played sequentially, and you had to turn the disc over to get to the second half.