• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
    104·
    11 days ago

    Let’s go to the early days of “piracy”

    You are claiming that fast forwarding the opening trailers and adverts on a rented VHS is piracy.

    • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
      53·
      10 days ago

      No, i’m explicitly not, those aren’t tracked and nobody gets paid based on whether or not you fastforward. That makes it not piracy. The content creator gets paid.

      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        10 days ago

        nobody gets paid based on whether or not you fastforward

        You know skip exists. Advertisers only pay when viewers watch at least 30 seconds of a long ad or engage with it.