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Generally speaking, on-demand streaming services are convenient alternatives to piracy. However, millions of people stick to their old pirate habits, Netflix subscription or not: new research shows that while legal streaming services are commonly used nowadays, the limited availability of recent content and the associated price tag are serious hurdles for many pirates.
To measure the effects of video-on-demand access on piracy, researchers monitored the legal viewing activity and BitTorrent transfers of people who received a free 45-day subscription to a premium TV and movies package, comparing it to a control group. Subscribers who received the free subscription watched more TV, but overall their torrenting habits didn’t change significantly.
To measure the effects of video-on-demand access on piracy, researchers monitored the legal viewing activity and BitTorrent transfers of people who received a free 45-day subscription to a premium TV and movies package, comparing it to a control group. Subscribers who received the free subscription watched more TV, but overall their torrenting habits didn’t change significantly.