From TFA: "Strike 3 suggests the downloads are consistent with work to make the headset compatible with adult films"

> The company logged all BitTorrent activity detected from the executive’s connection, which was nearly 20,000 files.

> This includes VR adult titles made for Meta’s Quest headset. Strike 3 suggests the downloads are consistent with work to make the headset compatible with adult films.

> As recently as August 25, Strike 3 says it recorded more than 150 daily downloads, from multi-language “Mega Packs” of TV shows, movies, software and books to what it describes as AI-generated pornography and VR adult films. That included nearly a dozen of its own titles.

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chorizo an hour ago | parent [-]

Why was torrenting needed anyway? Meta could’ve easily reached out to adult media providers to work on VR headset compatibility under an NDA. Or hired a third party contractor to do it.

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darth_avocado 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It’s much more expensive. You as a consumer can buy a movie for $5 with a DVD on sale. But tos generally don’t include commercial activities. If you reach out to the film studio to get their permission, they can charge you anywhere from $10K to $1M+ for same thing.

And I’m sure meta paid for some specific content but they generally wouldn’t want to set a precedent where they paid everyone.

	▲	fn-mote 8 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> And I’m sure meta paid for some specific content Are you? I don’t understand why you think this. It seems like the only payments in this area are settlements after the fact. Counterexamples welcome.
	▲	chorizo 26 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Meta wants to make their service compatible with meta vr headsets. They don’t require ongoing access to the content. The media vendor would also benefit from this, so an agreement is in the interest of both parties.

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LoganDark 31 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Leaks would be a very, very big problem given how aggressively they want to promote child safety and restrictions.

	▲	chorizo 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Fair. Hence it makes sense to engage a third party vendor to handle this project. Both the media provider and Mets stands to gain here