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simultaneous release were pirates. It’s surprisingly easy to copy a movie from a streaming platform … it just takes a few minutes or, if you’re less than competent, an hour. BAM! instantly, the pirate site can offer folks a pristine 4K HD/UHD film/show for “free,” depriving the streaming service of income and giving the freebie folks something extra. The move proved what Netflix had learned since its earliest days of sending out red envelopes – people will steal content as quickly as possible and the closer to the “source,” the better the quality. Films/shows ripped from DVDs were pretty good, but content grabbed from the video stream was excellent. “Rampart piracy reinforced movie house’s argument for an exclusive theatrical window,” McLennan noted, “it also raised the importance of content security and the creation of organizations such as CDSA to take more proactive action against pirate sites in addition to improving their responses to illegal activities." “Tiered service pricing and two-factor authentications have started to somewhat reduce password sharing – however, it will never be entirely eliminated,” he continued, “The industry has to focus on smartly securing their content from the first scene shot to final edit and then to the distribution and the viewer.” “Piracy, regardless of what some people like to say, is not a victimless crime,” he emphasized. “It costs everyone in the industry … no one escapes the impact.” We find it almost humorous for academics to come to the conclusion that pirate sites are actually a boon to the streaming industry by stimulating more interest and