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The more video streaming services we get, the more we'll turn to piracy

  • Written by: Paul Crosby, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University
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With the launch of the Paramount+, Australian consumers of video streaming are arguably drowning in choice.

We now have more than a dozen “subscription video on demand” services to choose from, with many dozens more options available worldwide to anyone with a VPN to get around geoblocks.

But all this competition...

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