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Italy's 'Piracy Shield', despite blocking thousands of illegal streaming sites, has failed boost viewership for legal services like DAZN.

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[–] Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Borrow movie, rip it, return it. I'm sure people who rent from RedBox did the same thing or those who rented movies in the past.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still have VHS copies of rental DVDs

and a good chunk of my early MP3 collection was from my hometown library.

[–] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still have VHS copies of rental DVDs

What? Did you record the rented DVDs on blank tapes or am I misunderstanding?

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

That does seem to be what they're implying, yes.