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Back then platforms such as Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV hemorrhaged billions of dollars to generate content to attract new subscribers, resulting in 633 scripted series being released that year.

当时，奈飞、亚马逊和苹果TV等平台砸下数十亿美元制作内容以吸引新订户，结果那一年推出了633部剧本类剧集。

Ever since taking on Netflix Inc. at its own game, old Hollywood has struggled to turn a profit in streaming, with the likes of Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+ losing billions of dollars each year, sparking concerns that the services will never be as profitable as cable once was.

自从在流媒体领域与奈飞公司正面交锋以来，老牌好莱坞一直难以在流媒体业务上盈利，Disney+、Peacock和Paramount+等平台每年亏损数十亿美元，引发了人们的担忧：这些服务永远不会像有线电视曾经那样赚钱。

But the age of streaming has been a boon for some unintended winners: pirates that use software to rip a film or television show in seconds from legitimate online video platforms and host the titles on their own, illegitimate services, which rake in about $2 billion annually from ads and subscriptions.

但流媒体时代却让一些意想不到的赢家获益：盗版者利用软件在几秒钟内从正规在线视频平台上扒下一部电影或电视节目，放到自己的非法平台上，这些平台每年从广告和订阅中捞取约20亿美元。

But now piracy involving illegal streaming services as well as file-sharing costs the US economy about $30 billion in lost revenue a year and some 250,000 jobs, estimates the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center.

但据美国商会全球创新政策中心估计，如今涉及非法流媒体服务和文件共享的盗版每年让美国经济损失约300亿美元收入和约25万个工作岗位。

The global impact is about $71 billion annually.

在全球范围内，影响约为每年710亿美元。

Consulting firm Parks Associates predicts that legitimate US streaming services’ cumulative loss from piracy since 2022 will reach $113 billion in the next two years.

咨询公司Parks Associates预测，自2022年以来美国正规流媒体服务因盗版造成的累计损失将在未来两年内达到1130亿美元。