(paraphrased) “The user of the illegal service may fund the activities of criminal organisations, says Executive Director Jaana Pihkala from the copyright organisation TTVK.”

as opposed to paying the even more criminal publishers scalping the rights and screwing the creators

[–] stray@pawb.social 81 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How the shit am I funding criminal activity when I don't pay them anything?

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm the same as you, but there are a lot of people that pay (monthly fees I believe!) for pre-built "android boxes".

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I may pay for pre-configured server space, bandwidth and a torrent client in another country

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Depends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

strange, I've never seen an ad on piratebay or my regular streaming sites.

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