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by petre 808 days ago
If you live is Southern Europe you already know this is just another attempt to waste taxpayer money while claiming to "do something" about "piracy". Of course, software "piracy" has absolutely nothing in common with real piracy, it's just a term used to brand people downloading copyrighted stiff as dangerous criminals.
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it always reminds me of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35701785 (edit couldnt find it from years-past but this link is basically what i remember)

companies are rolling in profits, and they spend their profits (instead of making more easily available content) on DRMs, lobbiest, ect to squeeze out every ounce of money from everywhere they can.. cuz they can afford it