Thread: General Is piracy on the way out and will VM and Sky benefit?
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Old 08-12-2018, 00:33   #14
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Re: Is piracy on the way out and will VM and Sky benefit?
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Originally Posted by techguyone View Post
Authorities are not interested in people who stream, just downloading usually via torrents, the people they're REALLY after are the owners of such services, they kill that, they don't need to worry about the people using the service as the service will no longer exist, this was why and how Terranium TV shut down recently.

VPN's do come in handy too
You may be right, but my instincts are to avoid illegal viewing. So many people make the mistake of believing that how things are now is how things will be in the future.

Clearly, the target currently is the big players who make this stuff available. But, step by step, these operations will be closing down.

What concerns me is that when those operators close down, they will be after the punters. Businesses are businesses, and content owners will be looking to all that lost income and they will want to turn that to their advantage.

People may think they are safe with VPNs. Maybe so. But what if the companies providing VPN services get their offices taken over by the police, who then get access to their subscriber details?

I am not going to preach to anyone about this, but I do want people to think about the risks they are taking. You may get a period of time where you get free (or reduced cost) viewing, but what will be the potential cost of obtaining legal content for free?

Answers on a postcard....(to use a pre-email phrase).
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