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Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites (arstechnica.com)

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[-] Spendrill@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

A site-blocking law would let copyright owners "request, in court, that Internet service providers block access to websites dedicated to sharing illegal, stolen content," he said. Rivkin claimed that in the US, piracy "steals hundreds of thousands of jobs from workers and tens of billions of dollars from ~~our economy~~ rich people's yacht money, including more than one billion in theatrical ticket sales."

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 31 points 2 years ago

Ah yes. Theatre-going. The favorite pastime of Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z since the invention of streaming.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Fairly sure some of us would go if we could afford that billion dollar in theatre tickets.

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