New research published in the Journal of Cultural Economics documents how the COVID-19 pandemic created a surge in "new pirates". Contrary to simple narratives, increased online piracy during the pandemic isn't always associated with less legal consumption. In fact, the relationship between piracy and legal markets is far from straightforward.

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[–] darvocet@infosec.pub 46 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

People trapped at home downloaded more stuff, news at 11.

The reason people pirate more is because it's easier than the alternative. Subscription culture can get fucked.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not just that, but around the same time we saw significant service fragmentation and price hikes.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

It was this, it wasn’t just that more people were home more.