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    3. GreaterAttack on

      Friendly PSA reminder That while hosting streaming platforms and downloading media are technically illegal in Canada, actually *streaming* films/media is, in fact, legal.

    6. nashfrostedtips on

      If you’re torrenting without a VPN, that’s a you problem.

      For anyone in that group, do the following:

      1. Get a VPN
      2. Get a torrent client that allows you to bind to the VPN network

      Now, I would never advocate that you torrent anything illegal, but that’s the simplest and safest way to protect yourself while using P2P services.

    7. enamesrever13 on

      A bit suspicious that the CEO of the investigation company, based in Germany, has the same last name as the Toronto judge in the case.

    9. Fuddle on

      Question, do all the providers keep records of historical IP addresses over time? Or are they just looking at who has the infringing IP address presently?

    12. Nintenduh69 on

      Only the rich are allowed to pirate to feed their AI ambitions. Poor pleb’s go to jail.

    13. 1pencil on

      People should just invent a new internet, sharing network drives through wifi.

      There’s 20+ wifi connections in my neighborhood. If everyone shared a partition or hard drive, you can set permissions to read/write whatever.

      People could daisy chain a network together.

      It would be free, open, and no government could intrude on it because there would be no central server.

      This network would be disconnected from the regular internet, unless some brave person also shared their internet connection.

      But then everyone can share whatever they wanted.

    14. Independent-Switch43 on

      We ain’t stoppin’ sailin’ them high seas, until arr last breaf, ya scurvy dog!

    18. Happy-Estimate-7855 on

      So much misinformation by both sides.

      It is not a criminal act, it’s not against the criminal code. If you were to save and/or distribute (ie, torrent), it would be criminal. You won’t face jail time or have the courts fine you for streaming. Streaming pirated content does however violate Canada’s copyright laws, so the IP owners have the right to pursue a civil case. They will usually send a cease and desist letter, that way there is no chance that the user „doesn’t know,“ before filing a suit. Even though it wouldn’t be provable in court, „intent to stream pirated content“ is technically enough for a civil case.

      https://canadacrimeindex.com/penalties-for-pirate-streaming-sites/

    19. Toots-Tooter on

      „open wifi“ defence = password is easy to guess or non existent. No way to prove who downloaded what.

      If this is brought to trial, they would need to prove the person they accused was behind the keyboard. Same effect as living in a shared home. Intimidating is the goal of the letters they send

    24. kagato87 on

      A couple decades ago Netflix proved that yes, you CAN compete with free.

      The so-called „victims“ of piracy made their bed. Now they’re lying in it.

      I’ll pirate content when I can’t find it on one of streaming services I have (now 4, but inky because I’m getting crave free and). I ad block any site that throws invasive ads at me – like interstitial or auto playing videos. A t least those shaker ads seem to be gone now…

      I’ll ditch an app in an instant for disruptive ads. And I’ll click the optional ads if I’m onjoying a freemium game that has them properly balanced (and stop when I get those two minute long unskippables…).

      Rights holders, who are almost never the content creators themselves anyway, have made their bed. They can lie in it.

      You cannot stop piracy by litigation. It grows new heads faster than a hydra.

      Give someone a choice: a hundred channels bundled in packages that make no sense (except to share holders) for a hundred bucks a month, crammed full of ads, or having to hunt down and pirate your media.

      The pirates won that round because the cable experience was terrible and piracy, once the media was downloaded, was on demand.

      Then Netflix stepped up. A reliable on demand video streaming service. Why go through the effort of acquiring the content of questionable quality when Netflix „just worked“ and was always at least DVD quality?

      Netflix won that round on convenience. Turns out people WILL pay for things, given a chance.

      Then the other studios wanted a piece of that pie. Your content is usually on only one network. But which one and are you subscribed? Poor app experiences on most services – Disney is getting there finally. Prime is horrible. Crave looks like a couple interns were told to copy the netflix style and missed a handful of important details. The hassle of churn, or just pirate it? While nowhere near as easy as a streaming service it’s still easier than dealing with churn and preferable to forking over cabke-era wads of cash every month.

      There is no meaningful competition in video streaming. It’s (mostly) different content. It’s expensive. The ads are back.

      Of course piracy is winning again. When you squeeze a market, an underground market always appears.

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