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Stuart · 11-12-2018, 16:32

I think it's a case of what gets the most bang for your buck.

It's going to cost a certain amount to catch each torrenter, then there will be costs involved in retrieving any money (including court, possibly). That would get a few downloaders.

If you catch the owner of a illegal streaming service, it's probably going to cost around the same as a torrenter, but would stop dozens, potentially hundreds, if not thousands of people viewing the content illegally.

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Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Is piracy on the way out and will VM and Sky benefit? I think it's a case of what gets the most bang for your buck. It's going to cost a certain amount to catch each torrenter, then there will be costs involved in retrieving any money (including court, possibly). That would get a few downloaders. If you catch the owner of a illegal streaming service, it's probably going to cost around the same as a torrenter, but would stop dozens, potentially hundreds, if not thousands of people viewing the content illegally.