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Growing Streaming Video Competition Seen Driving Piracy Rebound

BitTorrent traffic is rising, with the fragmented streaming video market seemingly a major cause, BroadbandGenie blogged Friday. It said increased streaming services with exclusive content are driving some to "cheaper and easier" piracy rather than paying multiple subscriptions. It said…

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rather than being spurred by price, some are prompted by the need to use multiple interfaces and difficulty of finding particular content: Streaming services could retain some subscribers who might otherwise turn to piracy through use of a unified interface.