Well, I wonder if the movies can be removed from such BT sites and leave the TV links.
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le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 10:24:13 am PST #546 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
NoiseDesign - Dec 14, 2004 10:32:40 am PST #547 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, but they are getting nasty about the TV stuff too, since they see it as a loss of future DVD sales.
le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 11:53:06 am PST #548 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
not hardly. These asswipes. If they produce DVDs that are high quality with extras, I most certainly will buy those above the crappy versions of what I have at home. I don't download tv shows to subvert a process, but if they schedule shows I want to see against each other - I can only watch/tape 2 programs. I have to BT the 3rd if I want to see a show before it is cancelled ("House", I'm talking to you).
It's the same argument the industry had against VCRs 2 decades ago. Did that destroy the industry? Not hardly.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2004 11:54:14 am PST #549 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can see HBO et al protecting their assets, but North Shore? Gimme a break. They should pay me to do what I'm now doing for free.
le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 11:56:25 am PST #550 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
LOL.
NoiseDesign - Dec 14, 2004 12:03:02 pm PST #551 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I don't at all disagree with you. the unfortunate thing is that the successs of DVD sales like Buffy and Firefly just make the asshats see dollar signs.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2004 1:22:55 pm PST #552 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Aren't many tracker sites already located overseas? I don't see how they can easily stop them.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2004 2:00:20 pm PST #553 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I don't download tv shows to subvert a process, but if they schedule shows I want to see against each other
That's not even it for me. I'm DLing stuff that either is not aired in the US at all (Spooks, some BBC documentaries, stuff like that), or is being aired in advance in the UK or Canada and that I will watch/record when it airs in the US (Stargate).
Or that isn't being aired at all and isn't available on DVD (Max Headroom, Odyssey5).
Okay, once or twice I've downloaded stuff I deleted from the Tivo and wanted to make available to a friend (Lost, Joan of Arcadia). In neither event did the producers lose anything by it.
These guys aren't losing anything from me downloading.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2004 2:00:59 pm PST #554 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I don't see how they can easily stop them.
Well, yeah, that's the other issue.
le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 2:05:01 pm PST #555 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Consuela,
yes, actually I'm downloading "Spooks" too...
I plan to actually rent the DVDs of the shows I've downloaded anyway. I couldn't get throught "Deadwood" so I need subtitles when I watch it...so that's why I had to wait for the DVDs.