A new watermarking tool detects pirated content from a single smartphone photo or screenshot

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[–]ElectricSheep 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There are two major ways to stop piracy:

1) make it more convenient to view legally

2) make it less goddamn expensive to view it legally

The only reason netflix was successful is because it qualified both of these for the majority of popular media. Now that every major show is on its own paid streaming platform, neither is true, and the consumers are reacting accordingly.

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Right. People generally don’t like pirating or violating the law.

It’s also a hassle.

If it was easier or cheaper, it would stop privacy (like you said above).

They also need to realize, there’s a whole segment of the population that would only watch it if it was free. And they should sort of take the publicity.