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HBO, Netflix, Other Hollywood Companies Join Forces To Fight Piracy (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the powers-combined dept.

New submitter stikves writes: It looks like media and technology companies are forming a group to "fight piracy." The Verge reports: "A group of 30 entertainment companies, including power players like Netflix, HBO, and NBCUniversal, have joined forces today in an effort to fight online piracy. The new group is called the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), and the partnership, while somewhat thin on specifics, will allow the content creators involved to pool resources to conduct research and work closely with law enforcement to find and stop pirates from stealing movies and TV shows. The first-of-its-kind alliance is composed of digital media players, networks, and Hollywood outfits, and all recognize how the internet has paved the way to an explosion in quality online content. However, piracy has boomed as a result: ACE says that last year saw 5.4 billion downloads of pirated films and TV shows." I'm not sure how these statistics hold against real revenue loss (or the imaginary one), however this might be a development to watch for.

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  1. Time to cancel netflix by zedaroca · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I canceled cable for this reason. It's morally wrong to finance the fight against freedom on the Internet. And destroying freedom on the Internet is the only way to enforce the their laws.

    1. Re: Time to cancel netflix by thundercattt · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I cancelled the day they started the battle vs VPN's and their geoblocking. Kodi has filled the void nicely, I tried to pay for things but some company kept telling me what I could or couldn't do.

    2. Re: Time to cancel netflix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

      Piracy provides the means to take the value of your purchase back from the shills who have lied to your about your purchase. I don't bother to Pirate until its personal: .And *(if) I do, it will certainly be to debase the money able to be made by the thing I was denied in exponential terms against the rights-holders (to make it NEVER PROFITABLE to deceive me)

      I wont steal anything but my own money back; but when I do I will prevent any money from every coming your way again.

      Pirate for life. Stated as a content PRODUCER.

  2. Re: It's fine, I just won't watch anymore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hint: Everybody remembers what they grew up with as fantastic. It's got a lot more to do with being 15 and not 35 rather than the actual content.

    You are entitled to your opinion, but your above statement is easily refuted.

    Go watch Lawrence of Arabia and tell me there's no difference in content. Just because you don't acknowledge there were truly great movies made in the past doesn't mean it didn't happen. What's next, are you going to claim the 19th century produced no great music ? Just because you have the taste of a Philistine doesn't mean the rest of us do, sonny boy.