Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
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Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#2This isn't a new argument. It's one we've been having in Australia (and presumably the rest of the world) for years now.
These distribution issues become even worse for us as there are time where content isn't even available when you want to go actually pay for it.
Then we have problems where content isn't available for months after its release. In a world where we are being involved in conversations that happen worldwide (eg, via Twitter), having to wait several months for that content to even become available (that's if it is available at all) is problematic at best and utterly stupid at worst. EDIT - because of spoilers
Pirating content is just so much more convenient (which I'd imagine is at least part of the reason why its rampant). It shouldn't be easier to get content for free than to pay for it.
Once you've paid for content, you shouldn't be made to feel like a criminal or have a reduced experience, which is what we are experiencing now with those "Pirating is stealing" unskippable ads at the beginning of those region locked DVD's they're so happy to sell us.
No wonder they think they're losing, its because they are - and its their own damn fault.
Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#3I think Rupert Murdoch's myopia can be summed up by the name of one of his many businesses: "20th Century Fox".
Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#4so when leasing airwaves Mr Murdoch is paying the OP? or i missed smth
Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#5I am not sure if it's possible on Roku, but on Boxee you could get around these lame restrictions by spoofing your user-agent.
Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#6Content not being able to be played through my Xbox is half the reason I didn't end up paying for Hulu when my free trial expired.
The other half was that there was still ads, but that's an argument for a different day.
Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#7I thought he was leading up to "convenience", the du jour argument for piracy.
But buried at the end of the article he says:
"Now, if I really wanted to watch last week’s episode, on my TV. . . I could buy it from Amazon or Apple iTunes. But don’t you think paying four times for the same content is a bit much?"
Which I think is the more honest argument.
Yah, we'll pay for it if it's easy.
But not as much as you're asking, especially for network TV that you maybe forgot to TIvo.
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#8I am not sure if it's possible on Roku, but on Boxee you could get around these lame restrictions by spoofing your user-agent.
That worked on Google TV boxes for a week or two, years ago. Then they blocked it by the Flash player ID string embedded in the browser, so user agent spoofing doesn't work anymore.
Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#9so when leasing airwaves Mr Murdoch is paying the OP? or i missed smth
It's a bit of a mental stretch, but... the airwaves our "ours" because we pay taxes to fund the FCC to regulate them that way.
Re: Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”
#10Shouldn't a content provider have choice as to how you get to watch something?
By making it so you can only watch it on demand through your cable TV channel Fox gets money from you in a number of different ways;
The ads that screen before and during the show. The money the cable provider has to pay Fox to have the channel. The money the provider has to give Fox for the on demand service.
Plus it stops the majority of armchair hackers from putting it up on youtube etc. If it was made available on the web, then Fox would only get a very small percentage of the ad money. And of course you wouldn't have to watch it when it's on TV. The aim is to keep you watching your TV and taking your money. People watching on the web don't pay as much attention to the ads.
Fox doesn't promote piracy as much as it promotes getting you to sit on your couch most the evening, watching ads, eating Doritos and getting your daily dose of "Fair and Balanced" news.
So DirectTV isn't listed as an on demand provider? Then change your provider to one that pays Fox what they demand. So don't forget to set your calender for next weeks episode.
p.s. Life is better without a TV.