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> Is there some financial motive I'm unaware of?

As other people already said, some people do it purely "for the just cause". But the piracy is also a literal gold mine if you're able to manage legal risks. Basically, you take ripped content and either re-sell ad-free access worldwide (Netflix is really, really limited to the first world), or make it available for free with heavy ads, or both.



Or make it available on DVD.

I know this was the incentive behind a lot of the people financially supporting the warez scene in the past.




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