On: Tillis Releases Text of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Illegal Streaming

[TheRealDunkirk]

> Last year, one study reported that digital video piracy costs the U.S. economy $29.2 billion a year.

"One study," funded by people who also -- just by mere coincidence -- gave a lot of money to Thom Tillis' election campaign.

[boobsbr → TheRealDunkirk]

My opinion is that it costs nowhere near that absurd amount. People who pirate stuff most likely will not buy the content anyways. It doesn't cost them anything if people don't want to buy their product.