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Market forces are powerful and should be respected. I am of the philosophy that if media conglomerates (or any company, for that matter) want to stifle innovation and legislate their way into control of the market in order to protect their aging business model, then they deserve to lose revenue and market share to competitors who better understand the needs of the consumer and how to best serve them. That is what a market economy is all about, after all.
Personally, if a media company doesn't have their act together and won't release media using modern streaming distribution technology (which is no longer new, mind you), it gets pirated. If they can't figure out how to serve it to me at a reasonable price in a highly-available format, I'm going to take it from them illegitimately. If it isn't on Netflix, I'm sure it's on ThePirateBay, and I have no problem going there to get it. End of story.
thenewgreen · 4290 days ago · link ·
I would gladly pay to watch Game of Thrones Season 2 but HBO won't let me. I could write about it here but this guy did a better job than I can.
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thenewgreen · 4290 days ago · link ·
That was great. I haven't pirated season 2.... yet. But I'm extremely tempted. Currently curbing my desire with the X-Files.