It's always been the case that digital content has been revoked from public access however in the last seven years, since we last had this discussion, we've seen a huge growth in digital software sales and in streaming services. Going hand in hand with that has been the rise in companies opting not to release physical media copies of content. The aim is to try and bind subscribers into staying with the service but the side effect is that even more content is now destined to be lost in time once said companies opt to remove them.
This is something that has been in the spotlight more since recent events such as the Warner Bros merger which has seen multiple projects, including already released ones, pulled in order to class them as tax right offs meaning that they will never see broadcast ever again. This includes access to purchased content and many have taken to piracy to create physical back ups of shows such as WandaVision, Final Space etc before they are potentially lost forever. It's a return of a consideration that streaming once looked like it would effectively shut down and whilst it remains a much smaller utilised industry threat than it was once touted to be are we looking at the permanent loss of content continuing to be a frequently common way of life that people will accept or are we potentially setting out on a road that might effectively be seen as...
"Ye better start believin' in a resurgent era of piracy..."
"Yer in one!"
What is your current stance of piracy, has it changed in the last several years?
This is something that has been in the spotlight more since recent events such as the Warner Bros merger which has seen multiple projects, including already released ones, pulled in order to class them as tax right offs meaning that they will never see broadcast ever again. This includes access to purchased content and many have taken to piracy to create physical back ups of shows such as WandaVision, Final Space etc before they are potentially lost forever. It's a return of a consideration that streaming once looked like it would effectively shut down and whilst it remains a much smaller utilised industry threat than it was once touted to be are we looking at the permanent loss of content continuing to be a frequently common way of life that people will accept or are we potentially setting out on a road that might effectively be seen as...
"Ye better start believin' in a resurgent era of piracy..."
"Yer in one!"
What is your current stance of piracy, has it changed in the last several years?
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