Pirate streaming services under siege in South Africa.

Many of the videos I've on occasion seen online include or end with the word "Free" - how can I or anyone else determine if that's factual or not? Certainly, many studios etc. do offer free options and all over the place. Anybody?

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mpdjhb said:
Love them or hate them(MC) piracy is an issue.
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True, but the suppliers have done this to themselves in large part - weird attempts (failed) to still demarcate the internet geographically, legit free offers everywhere, no actual legal efforts to curb the abuse(?) - maybe they like the way the market is working now, who knows...

mpdjhb said:
F4ck the pirates making money off other peoples work.
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Given that this article is absolutely written by MC and then given to MyBB with a brown envelope to publish. (It reads like a note to a company's earnings report)
I'm not sure if this is a typo or just typical MC making up facts as usual
Between April and September 2024, it filed 233 anti-piracy cases, more than double the number over the same period in 2024.
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Mariner said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Irdeto the company in SA run from India behind the King Shaka Airport security tender, as well as the driver's licence card tender?
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Thales - Thales S.A., trading as Thales Group, is a French multinational aerospace and defence corporation specializing in electronics
 
supersunbird said:
Thales - Thales S.A., trading as Thales Group, is a French multinational aerospace and defence corporation specializing in electronics
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Isn't Thales the group that is allegedly behind the bribes paid to Zuma in the arms deal?
 
Mariner said:
Isn't Thales the group that is allegedly behind the bribes paid to Zuma in the arms deal?
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The same group which sold advanced weapon subsystems to Russia despite French sanctions. Yep.
 
mpdjhb said:
Love them or hate them(MC) piracy is an issue.
F4ck the pirates making money off other peoples work.
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The problem is that most movies these days are terrible. And you only find out after watching the thing. And you can't get a refund even if you walk out half way.
 
Mirai said:
The problem is that most movies these days are terrible. And you only find out after watching the thing. And you can't get a refund even if you walk out half way.
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IMO IMDb.com public critics really helps with that, once learnt how to sift through the BS. (Not a fan of Rotten Tomatoes but many are)

When it comes to movies on DStv - still too poor a selection with drastic amounts of repeats over time, but now there's a small improvement with a few reasonable premieres.
Add Movies only cost R49 pm now though, so seems balanced now. Just not really a service to source movies anymore.
 
That said ^^ , fairly sure the people who know they're actually pirating DStv are mostly only after the sport. Maybe why Frikkie & co. are finally realising (or being told by Canal+) that smaller packages with sport beyond soccer are a must.
 
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