Good for Hollywood.
Most of the major networks have some kind of online presence, whether it is Hulu or their own proprietary platform, to watch television shows on.
While this is certainly true, it doesn't help when they only have the previous 5 or so episodes online. For instance, I didn't get into The Office until over Christmas break, and by the time I got to season 6, both Hulu.com and NBC.com didn't have episodes 1-5 online.
While this is certainly true, it doesn't help when they only have the previous 5 or so episodes online. For instance, I didn't get into The Office until over Christmas break, and by the time I got to season 6, both Hulu.com and NBC.com didn't have episodes 1-5 online.
I don't think the fact that the major networks do not offer more than a month's worth of episodes for free is reason enough to feel entitled to download them illegally. That's my personal viewpoint on things, but that's a breaking point that I have with my generation in general.
I mean, if you missed over a month of programming, then I would simply wait for DVD/Blu-ray or the inevitable re-runs.
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Ehh. I pay my cable bill, so I dunno why I should feel obligated to fork over extra cash to pay for something that I'm already paying for because networks are so obstinately averse to the idea of on-demand television. They could load that shit up with twice the commercials and make them un-skippable for all I care, but being forced to pay an arm and a leg for a TV series because I missed it when it aired three years ago is some bullshit. And what about the shows that don't get DVD releases?While this is certainly true, it doesn't help when they only have the previous 5 or so episodes online. For instance, I didn't get into The Office until over Christmas break, and by the time I got to season 6, both Hulu.com and NBC.com didn't have episodes 1-5 online.
I don't think the fact that the major networks do not offer more than a month's worth of episodes for free is reason enough to feel entitled to download them illegally. That's my personal viewpoint on things, but that's a breaking point that I have with my generation in general.
I mean, if you missed over a month of programming, then I would simply wait for DVD/Blu-ray or the inevitable re-runs.
NBC Universal always makes money off of Netflix, so that is a totally legit way to watch stuff.Netflix is a step in the right direction, but it sure would be nice if their selection for streaming didn't suck hairy asshole
I'm downloading Fringe S2E15 and Planet Hulk from demonoid.
:bow me :bow2
:piss Hollywood :piss2
demonoid users get fucked all the time.
Also, please don't steal Plant Hulk. I provided grunts for that film.
Ehh. I pay my cable bill, so I dunno why I should feel obligated to fork over extra cash to pay for something that I'm already paying for because networks are so obstinately averse to the idea of on-demand television.
Sauce on this?
Oh well. I'm alright with being a filthy, amoral pirate until they come up with a system that doesn't require me to schedule my life around TV. I have no problem being bombarded by ads every eight minutes if that's what it takes to keep the major networks afloat, but it's practically a chore to keep up with serial television the way it is now. Plus, isn't this partly why we have a bazillion vapid, syndication-friendly procedurals shitting up the airwaves?Ehh. I pay my cable bill, so I dunno why I should feel obligated to fork over extra cash to pay for something that I'm already paying for because networks are so obstinately averse to the idea of on-demand television.
Your cable bill doesn't have anything to do with major network programming, that is until the Comcast/NBC merger goes through. And I know for a fact that several of the major networks now put up select shows on OnDemand.
If networks relied solely on cable and satellite revenue streams, then that'd be a different scenario, but almost all of the major networks still rely heavily on OTA to get their programming (and advertising) out to the public.
I dunno. I don't think it's fair to blame it on society being impatient and demanding when it's totally feasible to improve shit in a way that would benefit everyone involved
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Ehh. I pay my cable bill, so I dunno why I should feel obligated to fork over extra cash to pay for something that I'm already paying for because networks are so obstinately averse to the idea of on-demand television.
Your cable bill doesn't have anything to do with major network programming, that is until the Comcast/NBC merger goes through. And I know for a fact that several of the major networks now put up select shows on OnDemand.
And I think when most major networks offer television programming for free online, usually for a month or so, and then quickly press them to DVD/Blu-ray, the excuse that you can't schedule your life around television is pretty lame.Well yeah, but who wants to pay for entire seasons of a series because they missed it when it was on 6 years ago? Yeah yeah, I know, my cable bill doesn't go into the networks' pockets, but fuck
What you're asking is that they abandon their revenue model entirely, because by putting all the episodes for free online, viewers have absolutely no incentive to watch the show during its scheduled time slot - y'know, the place where the network actually makes money by booking advertisements. Hulu, more or less, is a total wash for the networks involved. They do it to promote their programming, and increase actual viewership.But if all we had was on-demand programming then couldn't advertising adapt accordingly? Like, instead of selling time slots they could just price the commercial spots according to the popularity of each show. Or something? lol
It also seems that they "updated" how the site streams now, or at least according to their front page announcement. They say that you no longer have to use their helper applet, and I thought that was what hid your IP or something in the first place.Sauce on this?
every time i visit the site i got pages upon pages of blocked urls within minutes, and this is probably just coincidence but after i clicked on a bbc show i noticed bbc started to pop up, when i would x out of everything relate to that site it stopped, and every time id go back itd start right up again, what was really telling was the number of media watchdog groups that popped up all at once, if it was a torrent that was responsible then i could see maybe one or two but theres no way there are that many interested parties involving one creative project, it seems like they are being targeted and are trying to build a case against the site and the people that use it, and no joke peer gaurdian just crashed as i was typing this and it wont boot :lol
It also seems that they "updated" how the site streams now, or at least according to their front page announcement. They say that you no longer have to use their helper applet, and I thought that was what hid your IP or something in the first place.Sauce on this?
every time i visit the site i got pages upon pages of blocked urls within minutes, and this is probably just coincidence but after i clicked on a bbc show i noticed bbc started to pop up, when i would x out of everything relate to that site it stopped, and every time id go back itd start right up again, what was really telling was the number of media watchdog groups that popped up all at once, if it was a torrent that was responsible then i could see maybe one or two but theres no way there are that many interested parties involving one creative project, it seems like they are being targeted and are trying to build a case against the site and the people that use it, and no joke peer gaurdian just crashed as i was typing this and it wont boot :lol
Who knows. I guess I'll just steer clear for now
Well yeah, but who wants to pay for entire seasons of a series because they missed it when it was on 6 years ago? Yeah yeah, I know, my cable bill doesn't go into the networks' pockets, but fuck
But if all we had was on-demand programming then couldn't advertising adapt accordingly? Like, instead of selling time slots they could just price the commercial spots according to the popularity of each show. Or something? lol
Pretty much lol. I just have a hard time rationalizing paying for something that would have already been paid for had I been aware of its existence at the time.Well yeah, but who wants to pay for entire seasons of a series because they missed it when it was on 6 years ago? Yeah yeah, I know, my cable bill doesn't go into the networks' pockets, but fuck
So, what you're saying is that you think you are entitled to it because, dammit, you just are! :P
Just because you don't want to pay for the content doesn't mean you're entitled to it for free!
Which could probably be easily prevented. If they can send fuckin pictures and sound through the air then I'm sure they could devise some technology to flag when commercials are running and disable fast-forwarding.But if all we had was on-demand programming then couldn't advertising adapt accordingly? Like, instead of selling time slots they could just price the commercial spots according to the popularity of each show. Or something? lol
No. Two things put a major hole in your plan. One, people can fast forward past the advertisements. That right there is the killer.
Second, is that advertising rates are based on ratings and demographics data. You just aren't going to be able to pull that kind of information from OnDemand users unless people voluntarily start forking over personal information.Couldn't ratings be determined simply by averaging viewers-per-week or something? And then networks could just inform ad agencies of the demographic being targeted by each program.
I dislike the angsty and/or smug attitude of serial piraters more than corporate greed. So I'm in favor of this. 8)
USEnet isn't all that great.
I mean, its full of german and french content, its not easy to find stuff and half of the time, it can't find the right files on the server.
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