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How does your action result in a win for the thousands of people (actors, extras, film crew, set construction crew, costume designers, editors, sound engineers,

by biot 14y ago

How does your action result in a win for the thousands of people (actors, extras, film crew, set construction crew, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, musicians, etc.) who worked on Game of Thrones? If everyone followed your lead and nobody paid a cent to HBO they would all be out of a job. It's only because others are willing to reward the creators for their work that your freeloading is possible.

p0ckets 14y ago
It doesn't. But the alternative, not watching the show, doesn't either. He also never claims that his actions would benefit anybody. (You probably have the moral high ground here, I just don't agree with this argument.)
- biot 14y ago
  The issue is with calling it win/win: > Choosing to pirate Game of Thrones is a win/win. I get > the content I want and I don't enrich cable executives Both wins are wins for the pirate with no consideration to others. This is a parasite's definition of win/win.
  - jquery 14y ago
    This parasite would be happy to give HBO money. HBO doesn't want it. Not my problem.
    - biot 14y ago
      We are in agreement that HBO's business choices aren't your problem. That's a non sequitur. I'm talking about your actions, not HBO's.
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jquery 14y ago
If everyone followed my lead, HBO-Go would be available standalone. Today. Not ten years from now after they've had their fill of dumb money. They're greedy, not stupid.