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When I want to watch a movie, the first place I go to is Netflix Canada, half of what I want is unavailable and it doesn't update very often (at least not this

by dhughes 16y ago

When I want to watch a movie, the first place I go to is Netflix Canada, half of what I want is unavailable and it doesn't update very often (at least not this month) so the second place I go to not too hard to figure out.

pyre 16y ago
But you're supposed to wait patiently while the studios' marketing strategy of segmentation plays out. Just like how people in rural areas of the US aren't allowed to form municipal ISPs to get internet service that the big players won't provide to them.</sarcasm> There are way too many people behind desks in large companies that develop marketing strategies that don't really take their customers into account, and if their customers behave in a way that breaks their model, the general reaction is to get angry at their customers for not playing to the tune of their flute.
- biot 16y ago
  Similar to when big companies violate the GPL. Way too many developers sitting behind desks getting angry when their licensing model gets broken because big companies don't play to the tune of their flute. </devil's advocate>
  - jackolas 16y ago
    That's actually why the GPL is ingenius, it uses copyright against itself (or at least against the normal interests of copyright)
- robryan 16y ago
  This is the biggest problem in Australia, unless you allow everyone to access things on the same day the hardcore fans are of course going to be getting there hands on it any way possible. If I was running a TV show I'd release the show worldwide for download at the same time or just after the initial US(or wherever is local to the show) TV run. Only issue being networks syndicating the content probably won't want to pay as much for the rights, really though they are getting the same thing, the people buying on ITunes same day weren't going to wait weeks for the local network to get around to playing it anyway.

by dhughes 16y ago

pyre 16y ago

But you're supposed to wait patiently while the studios' marketing strategy of segmentation plays out. Just like how people in rural areas of the US aren't allowed to form municipal ISPs to get internet service that the big players won't provide to them.</sarcasm> There are way too many people behind desks in large companies that develop marketing strategies that don't really take their customers into account, and if their customers behave in a way that breaks their model, the general reaction is to get angry at their customers for not playing to the tune of their flute.

biot 16y ago
Similar to when big companies violate the GPL. Way too many developers sitting behind desks getting angry when their licensing model gets broken because big companies don't play to the tune of their flute. </devil's advocate>
- jackolas 16y ago
  That's actually why the GPL is ingenius, it uses copyright against itself (or at least against the normal interests of copyright)
robryan 16y ago
This is the biggest problem in Australia, unless you allow everyone to access things on the same day the hardcore fans are of course going to be getting there hands on it any way possible. If I was running a TV show I'd release the show worldwide for download at the same time or just after the initial US(or wherever is local to the show) TV run. Only issue being networks syndicating the content probably won't want to pay as much for the rights, really though they are getting the same thing, the people buying on ITunes same day weren't going to wait weeks for the local network to get around to playing it anyway.