Typical content providers doing it the wrong way. Have they not thought that the reason a lot of people download is because the content isn't available in their country?
Instead of trying to punish people who clearly want to view your content, why not make it more widely available?
When the fuck are they gonna learn they cant win especially when punishing downloaders not uploaders?
If movies and other entertainment are as expensive and restricted as videogames there, no shit they'll just pirate it
[QUOTE=UberMensch;47473540]Typical content providers doing it the wrong way. Have they not thought that the reason a lot of people download is because the content isn't available in their country?
Instead of trying to punish people who clearly want to view your content, why not make it more widely available?[/QUOTE]
I really don't see how that is so difficult to understand. If I legally want to watch Game of Thrones on the day it actually airs and not weeks if not months later, then the only way I can do so is by getting a Sky subscription which, at the very least, costs me 36€ a month.
Right now I have Netflix. It allows me to cancel my subscription at any time (unlike Sky where I am bound to a contract for 24 months). I can watch the newest episode of Better Call Saul on the same the day it airs in the UK/US. And I have HD access as well which would cost me another 10€ on Sky. But instead of paying 46€ each month for Sky I only need to pay 9€ for Netflix.
[QUOTE=UberMensch;47473540]Typical content providers doing it the wrong way. Have they not thought that the reason a lot of people download is because the content isn't available in their country?
Instead of trying to punish people who clearly want to view your content, why not make it more widely available?[/QUOTE]
Because more money needs to be spspent, for potentially less profit.
And they want maximum moneies
How many of those IPs are Australian?
[QUOTE=Killuah;47473790]How many of those IPs are Australian?[/QUOTE]
...the entire article is about Australia.
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;47473827]...the entire article is about Australia.[/QUOTE]
That's not an answer to the question.
[QUOTE=Killuah;47473871]That's not an answer to the question.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to take a guess and say it's all Australian.
[QUOTE=Ager O'Eggers;47473586]If movies and other entertainment are as expensive and restricted as videogames there, no shit they'll just pirate it[/QUOTE]
They're less restricted than games (And games only have issues with "sexual violence" and drug use, violence is a-ok), problem is that the distributors down here are just useless, they just don't release things on time, if at all (They buy the rights just so that other companies can't, not to release them). Cost is pretty good actually, day one movies are often discounted and only around $40.
Lack of competition is another problem, while the FTA networks have been experimenting with online streaming for a while, it wasn't until Netflix announced that they were launching that it suddenly became important, and we had the big distributors launch online streaming portals basically overnight.
[QUOTE=Killuah;47473871]That's not an answer to the question.[/QUOTE]
Literally all of them, they're Australian ISPs.
Why Australia, though?
I know why alot of them pirate in the first place, but Does the level of Australian piracy really trump Americas? Or is it just because they could get away with it over there..
[QUOTE=ghosevil;47479191]Why Australia, though?
I know why alot of them pirate in the first place, but Does the level of Australian piracy really trump Americas? Or is it just because they could get away with it over there..[/QUOTE]Because they could get the law on their side.
[QUOTE=ghosevil;47479191]Why Australia, though?
I know why alot of them pirate in the first place, but Does the level of Australian piracy really trump Americas? Or is it just because they could get away with it over there..[/QUOTE]
Well, we are getting fucked by a little thing called "capped internet" couple that with our slow as fuck speeds, more expensive content and then the lack of said content.
I think they figure we are already getting fucked every which way, what's one more sat gently on our heads.
[QUOTE=ghosevil;47479191]Why Australia, though?
I know why alot of them pirate in the first place, but Does the level of Australian piracy really trump Americas? Or is it just because they could get away with it over there..[/QUOTE]
Higher prices, delays on releases and sometimes cut scenes or gameplay (in games, of course).
Let's say for prices, the newest triple A game is $60 at your local store, and maybe, $80 for the special edition. In australia that'd be $90-100 for the normal edition and anything exceeding $110 up to over $200 in some cases (Such as the MGSV:TPP special collectors edition).
Movies can release at way different times too. That movie you just saw the other day? Oh yeah, that probably won't be coming out for another 3 months here.
Sometimes, if something is controversial enough they might end up cutting it, I don't know a case where it's happened in a movie but it happens quite often in video games here, with some cases being South Park: Stick of Truth and Left 4 Dead 2 (until they introduced R18+ (which mind you still gets our games censored) and patched it).
There are reasons why we're the biggest country for pirating, and unless the content PROVIDERS do something will continue on same-old-same-old.
I think the high piracy rate might possibly have something to do with the
1. Ridiculously fucking high prices compared to (almost) everywhere else
2. Its not available here
[QUOTE=spekter;47473542]When the fuck are they gonna learn they cant win especially when punishing downloaders not uploaders?[/QUOTE]
In Germany you only get fucked for uploading a movie or hosting it, not downloading it, because you might have the original movie at home or need it for other reasons.
So what they do over here is hope and wait that you forgot to disable the seeding a torrent that you already have downloaded. Even if you accidently seed it for a split second and the system registers you, you'll get fucked bigtime and have to pay between 800€ and 3000€ in compensation.
[QUOTE=DMGaina;47481291]In Germany you only get fucked for uploading a movie or hosting it, not downloading it, because you might have the original movie at home or need it for other reasons.
So what they do over here is hope and wait that you forgot to disable the seeding a torrent that you already have downloaded. Even if you accidently seed it for a split second and the system registers you, you'll get fucked bigtime and have to pay between 800€ and 3000€ in compensation.[/QUOTE]
For a product that is like 60€? Well that's just wrong.
[QUOTE=Ragekipz;47482216]For a product that is like 60€? Well that's just wrong.[/QUOTE]
Well because you have (accidently) seeded it for a split second, you apparently gave it away for free to several people who could have bought it for 60€ for which you have to compensate for.
[QUOTE=DMGaina;47487948]Well because you have (accidently) seeded it for a split second, you apparently gave it away for free to several people who could have bought it for 60€ for which you have to compensate for.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget the lawyer fees, which are usually the only things that will happen on first strike (in addition to getting pushed into a contract forcing you to pay a huge sum if you ever get caught for the same item or company again).
I think this is the reason why torrents are not quite as popular and free-hosters are used more commonly here than elsewhere. IP blockers and private trackers also are used to evade scanners though.
There are also fairly regularly Usenet advertisements, but of course that's a paid service (since most/all free access points now don't mirror those topics or were outright defunct a while ago).
"Anti-piracy" AKA "How to gain even more money from people that would have never bought your product anyways"
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