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[graculus]

"Has the Internet allowed the power balance between consumer and producer to shift too far?"

That's one of the questions being asked by UK research company Envisional in their study on 'television piracy'. What's that? Downloading episodes off teh Interweb, that's what, as reported here and here, among other places.

The tone of stifled outrage amuses me a little, I have to say.

Meanwhile, heaven forbid that television producers or channels should actually cater to their audience, like re-running earlier episodes of a series for those of us who perennially miss the boat, or releasing stuff on dvd for a reasonable price in a timely manner. Because that would be Bad and Wrong and what are we thinking to even ask them that?

Pffft. No sympathy here, guys.

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[nausica2.livejournal.com]

None from me either.

If you live in a country where prime TV is full of local shows (some good, some bad) and you need satellite to get the good stuff (and not always on time), Bit Torrent is your friend.

Not to mention everything is dubbed.

So no, no sympathy from me.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

If you're not giving them money, they're not interested in you, hon. After all, that is the only reason their audience exists. ;)