In the big battle over entertainment piracy around the world, the staunch reaction of studios and networks has been to decry the practice and/or actively campaign for legislation against it - something they've recently had success doing in Australia.
A new report on TorrentFreak however says that one company is using piracy to its advantage - Netflix. The streaming company has been going global in recent years and in the process has visibly pushed down piracy in countries where illegal sharing is prevalent.
One of the big ways it's doing that? The main factor in determining the price of its service in different countries is Not based on local competitor pricing but rather on local piracy rates. It also uses local piracy statistics to determine what content it should offer in various regions, in the process allowing it to better compete in places where piracy is rampant.
Netflix's...
A new report on TorrentFreak however says that one company is using piracy to its advantage - Netflix. The streaming company has been going global in recent years and in the process has visibly pushed down piracy in countries where illegal sharing is prevalent.
One of the big ways it's doing that? The main factor in determining the price of its service in different countries is Not based on local competitor pricing but rather on local piracy rates. It also uses local piracy statistics to determine what content it should offer in various regions, in the process allowing it to better compete in places where piracy is rampant.
Netflix's...
- 4/21/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Update: Bill Cosby has released the following statement in regard to Eddie Murphy's decision not to lampoon him on SNL 40 (via NBC News): "I am very appreciative of Eddie and I applaud his actions."
In a Twitter monologue that gave remarkable insight into what it was like backstage at the all-star SNL 40 special, Norm Macdonald, the former Weekend Update host and the man known as Turd Ferguson, spent two hours and over 100 tweets detailing his experience from the reunion. Macdonald covered everything from writing the "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch...
In a Twitter monologue that gave remarkable insight into what it was like backstage at the all-star SNL 40 special, Norm Macdonald, the former Weekend Update host and the man known as Turd Ferguson, spent two hours and over 100 tweets detailing his experience from the reunion. Macdonald covered everything from writing the "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch...
- 2/19/2015
- Rollingstone.com
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