Backn in the days it was: Of course you can break DVD copyprotection schemes. But you cannot build a legal opensource DVD player software. Today it's: Of course every Netflix series can be found on the pirate bay. But you're not legally allowed to build an alternative netflix player frontend.
I feel like this is kind of a naïve question, but I haven't needed to use pier to pier stuff since streaming did become the standard and remember a lot of articles on Pirate Bay shutting down around 2014. Some of the 1070's movies I've found on YouTube that aren't on any streaming platform like the 1982 movie Dreams Don't Die about a graffiti artist played by Ike Eisenmann.
I can’t believe that we don’t use this terminology. Of course pirates go from pier to pier. Missed opportunity
Thank you for the good chuckle and have an upvote for that.
https://thepiratebay.org/index.html
Feel free to look up your favorite movies from 2024. They're on there.
People can’t just go get a random browser extension to save videos.
Alternative and unlicensed clients are illegal.
Sure, there’s some piracy - but even at the end of the day, pirates would watch a smartphone recording to save a buck.
To them, DRM does not have to be perfect to be a good investment; any more than copyright needing to be perfect or Speed Limit sign enforcement needing to be perfect.
Plus, every layer of complexity that gets broken, is another line for convincing the DOJ or the Jury about malicious intent.
I spend a lot of money on hard drives and Usenet to have quality rips. It's a service problem, not about the money