This is like one of those websites where you look for the date of the new season of that show you like, and instead of actually giving you any useful information it waffles on and says a whole load of nothing with a line somewhere in the body of the text saying "we don't actually know anything yet".
There are two main problems with digital piracy. First, it robs the creator of their income. It’s not just big companies who suffer – the people working behind the scenes lose out too.
No, robbery is theft under the threat of violence. Theft requires an intent to deprive the owner of their possession. Copyright infringement is not theft.
Businesses do not have a right to peoples' money.
Second, piracy is illegal. Penalties for stealing digital content vary from country to country, but they can be quite harsh. In the UK, digital pirates face up to five years in prison and a £5000 GBP fine (~$6000)
Criminal copyright infringement might attract prison time, but that has a fairly high bar, and is typically focused on profiting from piracy. Most copyright infringement is not a crime, but a civil offense - and it's only because of extensive lobbying by greedy businesses that crimes have been established on the books.
Outside of the US, copyright infringement can only attract actual damages, ie the proveable loss in income. Given that you can't easily prove that someone would've paid for the things they pirate, outside of the US there never really have been big cases of people downloading things being charged and facing significant fines.
What has changed?
The EUIPO speculates that financial pressures, like inflation, means that people have less money to spend on entertainment. This can be seen in the way that fewer people are signing up for Netflix or Amazon Prime – and some are even cancelling their subscriptions altogether.
The EUIPO suggests that rather than stop watching digital content online, these people are now turning to illegal sources to access the TV shows they watch. And that is why piracy rates are on the up.
Of course, it has nothing to do with the quality of these services going down as their prices go up...
If I remember right, there already is a countersuit.
You're right, I think I misremembered while trying to differentiate between jurisdictions. The standard in the UK is slightly different and it's potentially easier to prove defamation there.
I thought it was all but officially certain that she was beaten by Iranian police?
When asked how her marriage was affected:
"My husband asked me if he could join in! The nerve!! He's only supposed to watch me and my bull."
Also, the music videos in question (there were some social media posts as well, but let's be honest, the videos are more fun):
Will You Help Me Repair My Door
That officer apparently stuffing something in his vest while counting cash....
However, McBride allowed three of the officers’ other claims—false light, unreasonable publicity of private lives, and defamation—to survive, finding that many of Afroman’s comments on the deputies appeared to be statements of fact rather than opinion. For example, Afroman posted on social media that deputies wanted to kill him, that one of them stole money from him, and that another deputy was a lesbian.
My understanding of defamation in the US is that it isn't defamation if the defendant genuinely believes it to be true. I think it's highly likely Afroman genuinely believes they would've liked to shoot him dead, as well as that they stole his money, but maybe that lesbian claim could stick against him. However, the plaintiffs will also have to argue that being called a lesbian somehow damaged their reputation, which seems unlikely.
Debt cancellation =/= taxpayer paying off the debt. It's drawing a line under it, saying that the lenders have already profited their fair amount from the debt and cannot claim any more.
People claiming entitlement to ongoing profit is such bullshit.
Particularly when a YouTuber posts a video about it afterwards. Although, one exception is Afroman and Will You Help Me Repair My Door.
There is no hint of “teeny” behavior in the show or in the way they interact with each other.
I wasn't saying the characters were behaving teeny, rather the show seems to be aimed more towards teenagers, along with most of CBS' other lineup.
Everything you just said was opinion and you attempted to pass it off as fact.
I would think it's abundantly obvious that it's an opinion, nowhere did I claim it was fact, and nor did I gatekeep or say you didn't understand anything. You're getting far too aggressive here, I'm sorry if I touched a nerve, but I am entitled to my opinion on the shows just as much as you are. In my opinion, Enterprise and Discovery don't feel like proper Trek. I'm sorry if I didn't articulate that very well, but that doesn't give you the right to berate me and belittle me over an opinion on a fictional franchise.
I actually had a great deal of respect for you going into this. I mentioned how I was going to re-watch Discovery in light of what you said, and I was hoping to get your opinion on some other shows, as you clearly have a different way of looking at things than me and I'm interested in that insight. All I did was criticise a show. In return, you criticised me, personally.
Yes but information can still get out. One of the XBox versions had people building dev kits for it before it was even released.