HBO Is Targeting Game of Thrones Pirates: What Does This Mean for You?
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HBO Is Targeting Game of Thrones Pirates: What Does This Mean for You?
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#2Never spent a penny on anything byte related, from the time I was 12 years old.
The irony is now I want people to pay me to write software ?
Maybe I am just an unproductive scum on earth, mooching off other people's work. But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options.
I do not feel at least bit sorry about stealing.
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#3Never spent a penny on anything byte related, from the time I was 12 years old. The irony is now I want people to pay me to write software ? Maybe I am just an unproductive scum on earth, mooching off other people's work. But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options. I do not feel at least bit sorry about stealing.
> But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options
You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. You are entitled.
Maybe that if people paid for things that are on the web, you wouldn't have so much problem getting paid for software work. Maybe that would've kept you from the street.
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#4Never spent a penny on anything byte related, from the time I was 12 years old. The irony is now I want people to pay me to write software ? Maybe I am just an unproductive scum on earth, mooching off other people's work. But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options. I do not feel at least bit sorry about stealing.
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#5I don't understand the film companies. I'd like to watch GoT season 5 and some of the other seasons too.
I want to watch them in English and I live in Germany. Do I have any options apart from a cable subscription for a bunch of other bullshit I don't want. No of course not.
I could wait until the DVDs cone out in a years time, bit the fuckers will more than likely split the season into two releases to make you buy two separate box sets for double the money.
I could watch online but that would be illegal and I don't want to go there. I just don't watch. I'd pay a couple of Euros to watch each episode in the format I want (DNLAed off my Synology) it appears that they don't want my cold hard cash. It has been like that for years and I'm slowly tuning off from media completely. I wonder how many others are like me- abstainers?
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#6Never spent a penny on anything byte related, from the time I was 12 years old. The irony is now I want people to pay me to write software ? Maybe I am just an unproductive scum on earth, mooching off other people's work. But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options. I do not feel at least bit sorry about stealing.
> But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. You are entitled. Maybe that if people paid for things that are on the web, you wouldn't have so much problem getting paid for software work. Maybe that would've kept you from the street.
> You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content.
Over the years that I've watched this discussion, I've come to notice that people who advocate for paying for stuff seem (though it might just be my perception) to use expressions like "consume content" more often than those who don't.
It's rather uninspiring, and I suspect it's counter-productive. No one wants to "consume content". They want to watch a film, or listen to a song, or read a book, or just be entertained. I doubt anyone ever invited a date round "to consume beverages and content".
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#7We used to pirate GoT two seasons ago, then last season we paid for it "just for this season" since we wanted to watch it live. We never did wind up cancelling HBO even after GoT finished that season, we keep it for the movies, HBO Go (which is actually quite a good even with Netflix and Amazon Digital), and since then John Oliver has a show which we want to DVR.
I absolutely understand why people abroad are pirating and put that at the feet of HBO. Wire cutters now have an option with HBO Now if they wish, and those who don't wish to pay, fair enough, but HBO's product is actually surprisingly good.
Ideally HBO should have seen a large drop in piracy this season due to HBO Now, however unfortunately with this four episode leak people are so paranoid about spoilers that a lot of people feel "forced" to pirate it even if they legitimately pay for either HBO Go or HBO Now.
Keep in mind that a GoT season is 10 episodes. So a four episode leak is almost 1/2 of an entire season.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. You are entitled. Maybe that if people paid for things that are on the web, you wouldn't have so much problem getting paid for software work. Maybe that would've kept you from the street.
> You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. Over the years that I've watched this discussion, I've come to notice that people who advocate for paying for stuff seem (though it might just be my perception) to use expressions like "consume content" more often than those who don't. It's rather uninspiring, and I suspect it's counter-productive. No one wants to "consume content". They wan…
First of all, I am not an advocate for paying stuff. I just didnt like how he painted himself as a victim: he had plenty of choice and what he chose is his responsibility, not a curse.
I don't always I pay for what I watch, sometimes I use a VPN to watch Louis Theroux on the BBC's website (you want me to be specific right ?) and I will never say that I didn't have a choice because it is ridiculous. Saying that the act of not paying for something is imposed to you is counter-productive.
I could have said "watch a film, or listen to a song, or read a book, or just be entertained", I chose "consume content" because it is shorter. I could enumerate every aspect of content consumption but that would be counter-productive as well.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. You are entitled. Maybe that if people paid for things that are on the web, you wouldn't have so much problem getting paid for software work. Maybe that would've kept you from the street.
> You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. Over the years that I've watched this discussion, I've come to notice that people who advocate for paying for stuff seem (though it might just be my perception) to use expressions like "consume content" more often than those who don't. It's rather uninspiring, and I suspect it's counter-productive. No one wants to "consume content". They wan…
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> But I was homeless for a month this year so not like I have had much options You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. You are entitled. Maybe that if people paid for things that are on the web, you wouldn't have so much problem getting paid for software work. Maybe that would've kept you from the street.
> You have the choice not to consume any content or to consume free content. Over the years that I've watched this discussion, I've come to notice that people who advocate for paying for stuff seem (though it might just be my perception) to use expressions like "consume content" more often than those who don't. It's rather uninspiring, and I suspect it's counter-productive. No one wants to "consume content". They wan…
Are you producing content by watching a television show? No, that's absurd, you're consuming the content that others have produced. It's really not that far from consuming a beverage. People would say drink, or in this case, watch, but the truth is that those are just two verbs that describe the type of consumption you're doing.
Why would you say it's counter productive to label it consumption? The truth is, if you're sucking up entertainment without providing anything or incentivizing production, you're a net loss in the system.
I say this as someone who has pirated things -- pretending you're not a burden on the production system if you're just pirating things is delusional. The argument that people make towards pirating and paying for content which they liked is much more consistent. Rather than pay people off for marketing/hype and support bad content in the future, you can fund solely content that you think is worthwhile. But again, this is just changing the way in which you're consuming material.