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For industries that talk repeatedly about how piracy is killing their profit margins, they do make it really overly difficult to give them money. I'm a big fan
by nicholassmith 14y ago
For industries that talk repeatedly about how piracy is killing their profit margins, they do make it really overly difficult to give them money.
I'm a big fan of Fringe, I wanted to stream it (personal choice of not wanting any more 'stuff' taking up space) so I could rewatch all the seasons on the run up to the end. I check Netflix UK to find nothing, so I check Lovefilm and still nothing. Decide to pay for it, check iTunes no dice. After much searching I find one place, selling at a ridiculous mark up. Give up, watch it via shady means as I wait for DVDs to be delivered.
There's literally no reason for them to not get their catalogues on these services other than they've never bothered to adapt. Darwin in action says if they don't they'll be reduce to suing random people off the street to keep afloat.
- tomjen3 14y agoAs long as you keep buying the DVDs, you are perpetuating the problem.
- nicholassmith 14y agoSure, and as long as I keep torrenting things I'm also giving them an excuse to just blame it on the pirates. Both are valid arguments, and both are a bit over board.
- batista 14y agoWhereas the "if the made it as easy as I want, very few people would pirate" is not?
- nicholassmith 14y agoIt's just as ridiculous, all of them are based in truth but taken as far as possible. Better streaming would kill off the pirates but who do it as nothing better exists, but that's still not all of them.
- smashing 14y agoBoycott Fringe and all products from their studio.
- nicholassmith 14y agoWell I bought it used, so didn't put any additional money into their pockets but I wasn't putting myself out.