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Password Sharing Not the Biggest Problem for SVOD Services, Study Says

For movie and TV studios, the big bugaboo is people illegally copying or downloading their IP. For SVOD services, it’s another form of piracy – password sharing, which cost companies $500 million worldwide in 2015, according to a report by Parks Associates.

From the article "Password Sharing Not the Biggest Problem for SVOD Services, Study Says" by Todd Longwell.

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