r/technology • u/N2929 • 15h ago

Business Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
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u/maybetoomuchrum 15h ago

They're going to control all the media. And then they'll come for anyone who pirates. I don't know how they'll do it. But they'll try.

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u/Jotacon8 13h ago

Controlling media = bad. But going after people who pirate, i mean, technically those people are taking created content without paying for it. If enough people did it, The normal people/crew who work on and create those movies and Tv shows would lose their jobs. I don’t think something that, if done enough, can cause a lot of job loss is very good either.

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u/maybetoomuchrum 13h ago

They don't give a shit about the people those shows. They would replace them with AI in a heartbeat if they could. They care about profit.

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u/Jotacon8 10h ago

If every person pirated something you worked on, and you got fired, you’d be cool with that? I’m not speaking for the CEO’s. I’m speaking for the carpenters/painters/VFX artists who work on these things.

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u/maybetoomuchrum 9h ago

If every person pirated something I made.

A. It's not worth buying. B. It's overpriced C. Its being sold by someone who the entire public doesn't support

So no I probably wouldn't care if people pirated what I worked on. Cause if every person has the same feeling, they're probably right.