Not just competitive but available without platform limitations and special streaming contracts. Sports is the only thing keeping traditional cable alive and also drives digital TV subscriptions. The rest of the crap on TV is trash. Even then, it should always be on demand without restrictions. And blackout areas.
The Internet Archive operates under the principle of fair use, which allows the use of copyrighted material for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. They also adhere to legal guidelines and protocols to avoid infringing on copyright laws. Additionally, they often rely on user-contributed content, public domain materials, and works with expired copyrights to build their digital library, which helps mitigate copyright issues. However, they do occasionally face legal challenges or takedown requests, and they respond to those according to the law.
Or, in my situation, it usually goes something like this.
[Woman] Hey honey, I wanna watch (insert movie name here)
[Man] Ok, gimme a bit and I’ll have it for you.
I could go into the technical details on how I aquirred the media, but it’s a waste of time and she doesn’t give a shit anyway.
20 minutes later it’s on Plex and things are balanced in the world.
They’re working together because they’re part of the same machine