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re: Why piracy is common

Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:07 pm to
Posted by CottonWasKing
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:07 pm to
Or say my parents subscribe to hbo and I use their password to watch hbogo. Am I stealing?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:11 pm to
i'm sure that violates its TOS
Posted by TigerinATL
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:14 pm to
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convenience has nothing to do with the streaming issues of HBOGO


The primary feature about HBOGO isn't streaming, it's access to the back catalog for no additional charge. If streaming and convenience were the keys then you wouldn't have the "when is HBOGO coming to PS3 threads". People want to watch this on their TV, and if it was available for free in the On Demand section of their cable box there wouldn't be as much buzz about it being a streaming service.
Posted by uway
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:16 pm to
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they want to maintain their pricing structure and control over the product as they had in the past in today's market environment, and that just plain and simple does not work.


It does not work b/c people are shameless criminals who don't respect the rights of content creators.

This all comes down to the issue of whether IP is actually property. If it is, then the creator has the right to make it completely unavailable if they choose to, and you have the right to be pissed about it but not the right to steal it.

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the world has changed. it's time for them to change too, or else they will continue to fight a losing battle.

I'm not arguing with your realist take on the matter and what HBO should do if they want to minimize piracy of their content. But the blame for piracy lies solely with those who pirate.
Posted by WikiTiger
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:22 pm to
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I'm not arguing with your realist take on the matter and what HBO should do if they want to minimize piracy of their content.


That's all I'm saying.

I have not argued for piracy at all in this thread, although I did link to a poli board discussion on the merits of IP, but like I mentioned then: the merits of IP is a totally other discussion.

In this thread I'm trying to focus on the simple realities of the marketplace. People are going to pirate if they can't get the content they want easily and in the format they want it.

It behooves media companies to meet the demand.




I keep bringing up the music industry because I think that after their initial resistance that they've responded quite appropriately. And all I'm really saying is that if the movie industry wants to minimize piracy, then they will have to adapt similarly to how the music industry adapted.
This post was edited on 4/9/12 at 12:30 pm
Posted by H-Town Tiger
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:29 pm to
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well it's all about us. And we are saying that we dont want Lifetime Real Women because it's one of the most heavily subsized channels


How do you know that chanel isn't subsidizing something you watch?

I guarentee you all these retard realitiy shows are subsidizing something of quality some one on here watches.
Posted by Tiger in NY
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:36 pm to
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I'm not arguing with your realist take on the matter and what HBO should do if they want to minimize piracy of their content.



That's all I'm saying.


I understood this to be the premise of the thread, and completely agree. It has gone off on a tangent, but I think it is an interesting discussion regardless.
Posted by H-Town Tiger
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:45 pm to
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I understood this to be the premise of the thread, and completely agree. It has gone off on a tangent, but I think it is an interesting discussion regardless.


I agree with all of this as well.

My understanding with the music industry is the new tech kind of caught them off guard and people were downloading the music for free. Metallica had a single that some radio stations started playing before it was released because someone had gotten access to it and uploaded it to Napster or something. They did maybe dicker around with details for too long that cost them. It seems like the iTunes model was a no brainer.

Here the stuff is avaiable on line and on DVD, just not for a price some people want to pay. Not having the new season available right away is no different that a movie being released in theaters first, then on DVD and streaming a few months later.
Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 1:24 pm to
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Seeing as the show would not exist if it wasn't for HBO producing it, what makes you think you are entitled to see it, just because you liked the books?


It's not about entitlement, or anything like that. It's about the want to desire content that studios aren't really cultivating.

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Oh and this complaining about having to get cable to watch HBO. How are you going to watch it on DVD is you don't have a DVD player? How do you plan on getting it via the stream with out internet aaccess?


Point taken. But why add other barriers when there are more efficient ways to require the least amount of "steps," or "technology?"
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