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submitted 7 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is "losing a sale" and not getting the money, right?

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure they tried to prevent the sharing and reselling of CDs at one point.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

Look up the history of DIVX DVDs. Not to be confused with the DivX video codec.

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