The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    That’s what I’m worried about….billionaires will convince governments (who haven’t banned them yet) a “think of the children act” which will ban VPNs

    • partizan@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      VPN is basically just a encrypted channel between 2 systems, while one of them forward traffic to the internet and unless they block/filter every encrypted connection, there is no way to block it at mass…

      • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Oh you sweet child. They only need to ban them for citizens, not for business / shareholders.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          I don’t know about China, but Russia has not banned VPNs. They banned specific VPN services. I’m guessing it’s similar in China. And there are plenty of grey and black market VPN services for people in those countries to use. And they use them.

    • AAA@feddit.deEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Well, at some point people will remember that it’s possible to share things via USB stick or a drive.

      • NoRodent@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Man, those were the times… Borrowing hard drives from friends, burning CDs, sharing lists of who has what…

    • EddyNottinghamEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it’s scary. France and the UK are already well on their way to heading down that path.