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Despite Netflix and Amazon Prime, Most of the World Watches Pirated Content (techinasia.com)
An anonymous reader shares a TechInAsia report: More than half of the people surveyed across the world still watch pirated movies and TV shows, a new survey shows. The study, conducted by digital security firm Irdeto, asked more than 25,000 adults across 30 countries about video watching trends. Here's what it found: 52 percent of those surveyed said they watch pirated videos. 48 said they would stop, or watch less illegal content after they were told about the damaging effects of piracy on the media industry. While many recognize that producing or sharing pirated video is illegal (70 percent), far fewer people are aware that streaming or downloading is also against the law (59 percent).
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"damaging effects of piracy on the media industry"
1. I believe children are damaged by the media industry.
2. Therefore the media industry needs to go away.
3. Piracy has a damaging effect on the media industry.
4. I pirate media content because it is my moral obligation to damage the media industry - for the children.
Well, that should totally hold up in court.
So..I wait for DVD's from the library.
That's code for "I downloaded it on BitTorrent"
What's annoying is those messages at the end of the credits, such as "This movie was produced with 15,000 people" and such.
What they will never write is "This movie was produced with 15,000 people and the three main actors got 95% of the money."
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