Are we headed to a new Golden Age of Piracy?

Piracy could make a comeback in a huge way

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, piracy of television shows, movies, and music was rampant. But then in 2007, Netflix announced a cheap way to watch streaming video. And it was exceptional. All the big studios pitched in with their content. And you could watch content from CBS, Disney, Peacock, and many other film studios, both foreign and domestic, on their platform.

With all this content available, to stream in a friendly easy-to-use platform on Netflix. Suddenly, it wasn't worth the effort to pirate content anymore. The same thing happened to the music industry with iTunes, Amazon Music, Pandora, and others making pirating music too much of a hassle.

Unfortunately, the last several years have not been kind to cord cutters. And especially now, with inflation rampant, many cord cutters are struggling just to put food on the table. It also did not help that every content provider is now opting to build their own streaming channel to compete with Netflix. And while the cost to stream is getting more expensive, it is also getting a lot more complicated as well.

KODI and Plex and Android Seeing Renewed Interest

Apps like Plex and KODI and on Android are once again increasing in popularity. They kind of tapered off when many former pirates simply lost interest and found it easier to subscribe to a major streaming service or two.

But now the cost of streaming TV is quickly approaching the price of cable TV that it was supposed to replace. So with the current state of our economy, it's almost certain that apps used for piracy will once again quickly gain in popularity. Along with newer black flag direct download sites, IPTV and online illegal streaming sites.

The Piracy Cat and Mouse Game Continues

As more individuals return to piracy, authorities playing whack a mole won't be far behind. Big sites with many users will continue to get hit and shut down. While smaller sites will continue to grow and flourish under the radar. It's pretty hard to eliminate all forms of piracy, but the movie industry is trying.

It would be nice if they could pool their resources once again and offer a one stop for all movie streaming service. Because this is one thing the pirates got right. They have some pretty fancy apps that will let you find content from virtually any source, all under one umbrella.

And the more complicated you make streaming television, the more attractive these one stop viewing apps become.

It is really up to content producers to take back control over their products. But content creators need to flex their muscle and demand the industry implements changes that makes piracy less attractive. But this would no doubt affect the bottom line of some rather large content providers. Like pretty much most other businesses in America, it's often easier and cheaper to react after a problem has reared its head than solve it ahead of time.

So it's doubtful this will happen soon. And for now, the piracy cat-and-mouse game continues.

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