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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 42 points 11 months ago

Cool so we are going to nationalize the film industry? Force consolidation of streaming services? Treat entertainment like a utility and fix their rates with a tariff? No? Then fuck off

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (4 children)

'traffic would have plummeted, protecting us consumers'

how exactly?

[–] kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 11 months ago

*Looks at the 4 busted ass appliances, that were built to fall, I bought brand new 3 years ago that are barely clinging onto life. * Consumer protection huh? What a concept.

[–] lukas@lemmy.haigner.me 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

... from committing the severe crime of copyright infringement, of course!

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

oh silly me

[–] disgruntledpelican@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

Glad to see someone else have the exact reaction I did. They know this has nothing to do with consumer protections. Thats just blatant, bold-face lying.

[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Oh thank the heavens, someone is here to save us guys!!! The corporate greed and multiple wars going on aren't important right now, at least we are safe from free media!

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Haven't watched on fmovies before, thanks for the suggestion I guess :)

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 47 points 11 months ago (2 children)

FYI It seems like at least the US government doesn't want you to go there. So if Fmoviesz is down or something, you should be careful to avoid alternatives such as sflix.to, lookmovie2.to, flixtorz.to, sflix.to, movieuniverse.se, soap2dayto.day.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago

I'm not in the US, so no problem! But thanks for letting me know what else to look out for :)

[–] pifroproth@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

i will definetely not go there anymore winks

[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Goddammit Ted Lieu, you are for encryption and data privacy but you're against media sharing?

[–] Blacksheep@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He's for whoever pays him money... bunch of dirty greedy fuckwads who have zero concept of how the average person lives. Piracy wouldn't be a problem if companies were providing easy access for a low price. It had dropped quite a bit when netflix was the only option and they weren't charging extortion fees and raising them every couple months.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

Not to mention the insane amount of exclusivity going on now and even the stupidity of certain features of the service not being available in certain areas. I stopped paying for Netflix when I got it from a rep that because I was living in a non-English-speaking country that I couldn't have access to the English voice track of a show I wanted to watch.

Subscriptions are the next iteration of the console wars. They bank on exclusives instead of designing the best user experience and selling themselves on merit alone.

[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, he's making that pretty obvious

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is there a Pirate party in the US?

[–] Saoirse@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago

Ha, no, we don't have the kind of political system which would make such small parties useful. Anyone who isn't in one of the big two is essentially disenfranchised.

[–] Morgikan@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Every day is a pirate party in the US.

[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel like this would just push more nontechies to learn how to be better pirates. It would do very little to stop piracy.

[–] Moltz@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Only way to stop piracy is to make it easier and cheaper to buy the goods legitimately in all corners of the world. Since that won't be happening, and since so much content is an outright gamble if it's even any good, piracy will continue to grow.

[–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

When one site gets blocked 10 more pop up. More people just need to learn about VPN use.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I always find it funny how theyre always calling to ban the most surface level piracy sites or just whatever gets a lot of media attention like the pirate bay.

The seas are so deep they can never drain it all, nor do they intend to. Its just to keep that riaa and MPA campaign funds flowing.