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Speaking as a person not living in the US, I'd gladly pay to get to this content legally. Unfortunately that's not possible. Most of the content isn't availabl

by pilif 16y ago

Speaking as a person not living in the US, I'd gladly pay to get to this content legally. Unfortunately that's not possible. Most of the content isn't available and if it is, it's usually only available in a crappy german translation. These artificial barriers should probably be factored in before doing such calculations.

iwwr 16y ago
In countries like Germany or France, films are simply doubled. Elsewhere, they are subtitled. However, very few cinemas outside English-speaking countries (none that I know of) actually show the film with no doubles or subtitles (as it's meant to be watched if you speak the language).
- Goronmon 16y ago
  It's 'dubbed' not 'doubled'.
- pilif 16y ago
  here in Switzerland, most Cinemas still show the movies in their original languages plus subtitles. That's perfect. I don't mind the subtitles at all in case of english movies and I'm really dependent on them in all other cases (French, Spanish, Japanese mostly) I'm talking about the home video offerings (DVDs, Apple's iTunes store) which often only provide the dubbed versions. Same goes for games by the way, but there, thankfully, there's Steam which actually allows me to play the games in the original language.
hasenj 16y ago
> I'd gladly pay to get to this content legally. If I paid 20$ for every episode or movie or show I've ever watched, I'd be in a huge financial crisis -- I would not gladly put myself in that position.
- charlesdm 16y ago
  Would you pay $20 for a monthly subscription to such a service?
  - hasenj 16y ago
    People pay about that much for usenet servers (giganews, etc). I'm not the kind of person who spends all his time watching TV shows, but if I was, I probably wouldn't mind paying that much for it. But that would be out of convenience, not out of a moral obligation. I've paid for some steam games, but I still download games from bittorrent (even games that are available on steam). I've paid for some games because I wanted to support the developers, and I'm not just talking about indie games here. I paid for Valve games (HL2 series) because I felt they deserve it. I felt like they were nice guys.
    - charlesdm 16y ago
      I'm pretty much the same. I watch one show at the end of the day to relax, but I get them all from bittorrent because they're not available here. A few might be available on digital tv, but for €5 per episode or so. They're usually also a season behind, so I've already seen the episode. That said, I wouldn't mind paying $10-20 per month so that I don't have to both with downloading and tracking what I have and haven't seen. Also, the majority of the people that I know that use BT for movies/shows would pay that.

by pilif 16y ago

iwwr 16y ago

In countries like Germany or France, films are simply doubled. Elsewhere, they are subtitled. However, very few cinemas outside English-speaking countries (none that I know of) actually show the film with no doubles or subtitles (as it's meant to be watched if you speak the language).

Goronmon 16y ago
It's 'dubbed' not 'doubled'.
pilif 16y ago
here in Switzerland, most Cinemas still show the movies in their original languages plus subtitles. That's perfect. I don't mind the subtitles at all in case of english movies and I'm really dependent on them in all other cases (French, Spanish, Japanese mostly) I'm talking about the home video offerings (DVDs, Apple's iTunes store) which often only provide the dubbed versions. Same goes for games by the way, but there, thankfully, there's Steam which actually allows me to play the games in the original language.

hasenj 16y ago

> I'd gladly pay to get to this content legally. If I paid 20$ for every episode or movie or show I've ever watched, I'd be in a huge financial crisis -- I would not gladly put myself in that position.

charlesdm 16y ago
Would you pay $20 for a monthly subscription to such a service?
- hasenj 16y ago
  People pay about that much for usenet servers (giganews, etc). I'm not the kind of person who spends all his time watching TV shows, but if I was, I probably wouldn't mind paying that much for it. But that would be out of convenience, not out of a moral obligation. I've paid for some steam games, but I still download games from bittorrent (even games that are available on steam). I've paid for some games because I wanted to support the developers, and I'm not just talking about indie games here. I paid for Valve games (HL2 series) because I felt they deserve it. I felt like they were nice guys.
  - charlesdm 16y ago
    I'm pretty much the same. I watch one show at the end of the day to relax, but I get them all from bittorrent because they're not available here. A few might be available on digital tv, but for €5 per episode or so. They're usually also a season behind, so I've already seen the episode. That said, I wouldn't mind paying $10-20 per month so that I don't have to both with downloading and tracking what I have and haven't seen. Also, the majority of the people that I know that use BT for movies/shows would pay that.