tetris11 comments on Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined

Technology

88,034 readers

15,636 active

3,450 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related news or articles.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago

moderators

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

producers don't make the content, they speak to the right people in their exclusive circles to finance it, put their name on it, and then pay the directors and actors a tiny fraction of what it earned

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 5 child comments

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Okay, now tell me how pirate sites contribute to creation of said content

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 4 child comments

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

They make the shows actually accessible so that they can reach the desired audience and generate a fanbase in the first place, which producers could then use to exploit for revenue.

If you covet a precious jewel behind closed doors, people will just walk on by without knowing its value

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 3 child comments