Thread: General Is piracy on the way out and will VM and Sky benefit?
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Old 25-04-2018, 08:11   #6
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Re: Is piracy on the way out and will VM and Sky benefit?
It feels to me as though they are closing in on the pirates, and digital fingerprinting will help with that.

However, what if they start going after the punters? A VPN isn't going to protect you if the authorities raid the offices of IPTV providers of pirated programmes and seize the records of their customers. When that happens and ordinary people start getting landed with huge fines, this will put most people off, I would have thought.

People only do stuff like this en masse when they believe they can save a lot of money and get away with it. If it becomes apparent that they will catch up with you sooner or later, many would be put off doing it.
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