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