• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
    104·
    3 months 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·
      3 months 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·
        3 months 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.