Yeah, right...

[graculus]

Over on SyFy Portal, they're reporting that the producers of the new Battlestar Galactica series have actually put out a release on the Sci Fi Channel's own message board asking people in the US and Canada not to download episodes now airing first in the UK:

"The more episodes get downloaded and digitally copied and passed along and copied again ... it creates a dangerous situation where a lot of people are watching and enjoying 'Galactica,' but not seeing it when it counts -- namely on the air," they apparently say. "The more you copy the show and pass it along to your friends now, the more it potentially impacts our total audience in January."

Cynics Some people might say that the producers have created this situation by selling first rights to a tv station outside their largest market and are now desperately trying to regain control. Others might say that, as long as no money is changing hands, the producers need to keep their nebs out.

Comments

[mortuus.livejournal.com]

Not too bright, are they?

I have no interest in the show and don't plan on watching it, but just for that, I'm going to download it, watch it, and then not watch it on Sci Fi. Ha!

[graculus.livejournal.com]

They seem not to have figured that the odds of someone downloading an episode either being part of a Nielsen family or passing the episode on to a Nielsen family and thus skewing the ratings significantly are pretty nigh infinitesimal!

I have no interest in the show and don't plan on watching it, but just for that, I'm going to download it, watch it, and then not watch it on Sci Fi. Ha!

That'll teach them! ;)