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Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined (variety.com)

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah its almost like if we didn't keep extending copyright protections a bunch of stuff would be in the public domain and any streaming service could offer it without having to deal with licensing.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean that's all well and good, but then how would the very deserving shareholders get dividends?

Won't somebody think of the shareholders!?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

PLS KEP LNE GOE UUP

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Take over a failing company
Hold a shareholder meeting
Show the line going down
Turn the chart upside down
Become a hero to the shareholders

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

maybe if they actually invested some money somewhere they would make some money for once.