On 12/16/19, Razer <g2s@riseup.net> wrote:
SOMEHOW I really don't feel sorry for anyone involved in scamming money propagating state propaganda and historical disinformation, which IS what TV and all Hollyweird movies are.
Well it's unlikely anyone can fill or curate anyone's interests better than the consumer themselves. Since they're not the consumer, they just filled the masses. But they could steer them... Would have been interesting if among all the crap, such services also do a book/movie blog like DPR of SR, etc.
The illegal website had more content than licensed streaming services Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Amazon Prime, prosecutors said.
So they provided a valuable service to a rewarding market, did it more efficiently than said Corps, and kept information free from indefinite stasis and risk of centralized loss in the process. Hypocritical when govcorp "rightsholders" actively refuse to enter the market, and then sic thugs jailers and thieves on those who do... as their perverse form of entering the market. Disgustingly immoral.
Prosecutors said Polo would use “sophisticated computer programming” to search global pirate sites for new illegal content.
"Sophisticated"... typical dark horsemen fud. It's called a scraper. Also weird is that most of userland filesharing, even the ripping release scene is still stubbornly refusing to adopt and use overlay networks. No wonder so many of them and their sites keep getting shutdown... for decades now.