Netflix as Global Thought

This essay challenges streaming services as providers of global content through the case study of Netflix. Through the lens of television piracy, it investigates the spatial and temporal challenges inherent in the streaming era. Ultimately this essay contends that streaming regresses as frequently as it promised progress, while piracy emerges as both a revealing and transformative force. By circumventing the limitations of streaming it is piracy that offers access to global thought in an increasingly fragmented digital landscape.