there’s a Morrissey song about that

so Norm was right. …

yup

found it - here’s a detailed account https://corecursive.com/sloot-digital-coding-system/

so basically there was a dutch tech bro in the late 90s who claimed he had developed a compression technique that could turn a movie into just a couple of kilobytes and right when he was going to sign with some investors he mysteriously passed away leaving no documents explaining his invention.

which technically makes piracy legal because that’s the gov endorsing piracy

or replacing one-time buy with a subscription.

Remember that Sloot thing from late 90s?

local AI companies are the reason Ukrainian book publishing industry experienced an uptick in sales lately. Bros stock up entire catalog at once and no one complains because its a hefty paycheck.