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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... (www.pandasecurity.com)
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Way too many businesses rely on VPNs to ban them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well….how does China and Russia and other authoritarian shitholes that have banned them operate?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 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.