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Amazon Wins $6 Million in Damages Against Pirated DVD Stores, Plus Domain Takeovers (torrentfreak.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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More than two years ago, Amazon sued a network of websites that sold pirated DVDs of Prime Video exclusives such as The Rings of Power and The Boys. The defendants, believed to be based in China, never showed up in court. This week, a California federal judge awarded Amazon $6 million in damages and granted a broad domain transfer request, targeting registrars and registries.

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Forcing the copyright holder to sell on DVD would be problematic. Why not just permit others to offer it in a format that is apprently in demand (e.g. by reducing copyright to 5 years, instead of ~5 billion)?

Pirating is indeed one thing (on boats.. stealing, with violence and murder). If you say "unauthorised copying" instead of using the music industry's propaganda term then maybe nuance is easier to see.