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by random28345 4208 days ago
That's why I pay for Prime (and Netflix, et. al.), and torrent the content.

Admittedly, I feel a little bad about paying providers of DRMed content, it sends the wrong market signal. But if I didn't pay these content providers, I wouldn't have a mechanism of signalling that I enjoy watching certain TV shows and movies.
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skuhn 4208 days ago
I agree with the concept of buying a license to the actual content and then consuming it however you want, which ought to be the way the world actually works.

However, if you don't actually stream the content from Prime / Netflix / et. al., my guess is that they probably aren't paying out accordingly on the back end.

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balls187 4208 days ago
If you cancel your subscriptions will you delete your torrented content?

What if content is removed from Netflix?

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redblacktree 4208 days ago
I get what you're saying, but this is the edge case. I applaud GP for doing the right thing in the 95% case.
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balls187 4208 days ago
It's not really an edge case, is it?

Does a netflix subscription give you rights to torrent movies that exist on Netflix?

If so, what happens when they no longer exist.

Does the parent commenter check Netflix first before downloading a torrent?

I'm not passing judgement, but merely pointing out that a netflix subscription doesn't grant you the license to download and store content, in fact, it's likely expressly forbidden in the TOS.

ETA:

Not to sound self righteous, I torrented a copy of TES4: Oblivion for the PC day-1, after buying it from Amazon. It was being shipped, but I wanted to play it immediately.

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MacsHeadroom 4208 days ago
>Does a netflix subscription give you rights to torrent movies that exist on Netflix?

When did anything remove my right to copy data freely anyway? Copyright is an illegitimate joke.

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balls187 4207 days ago
That's an ignorant view of copyright.

I'm a photographer, and I prefer to keep control of my work. I'm glad copyright laws exist to prevent others from using my art without properly gaining consent.

Sure you can feel like you can copy my photos, but then others should be able to copy your source code. After all, it's just data.

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MacsHeadroom 4206 days ago
> but then others should be able to copy your source code.

As a FOSS activist and kopimist, that is exactly what I believe.

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