I know what you're saying and I have no problem paying for the media I consume. I use such services and I believe Popcorn Time demonstrates precisely how terrib

I know what you're saying and I have no problem paying for the media I consume. I use such services and I believe Popcorn Time demonstrates precisely how terrible they are. I do have a problem waiting months after a new release is lucky enough to hit CinemaNow to pay $4.99 to watch a movie within 48 hours. They have the gall to offer the film for "purchase" for $19 first. Maybe gouging is a better term. Worse still are the cable companies (some of whom are owned by these very entertainment companies). I can forget about trying to watch that movie on CinemaNow in the evenings when my cable company shapes the traffic of competing video streaming services. I'm not arguing that copyright is useful. I don't think I have the intimate familiarity with the various laws to argue that it isn't. I'm just surprised that things could be better, as demonstrated by Popcorn Time, and yet they are not so that an industry can continue to extract money from the status quo... a bar they set themselves with the legislation they create.