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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.

Comments

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I think they're also missing the boat in the fact that many people are only bothering to download stuff they *want* to watch - in my case, well-written and interesting shows that I have no idea of when they might turn up over here (House, Lost, season 2 of Carnivale).

It seems ludicrous that the people making tv shows are complaining that people are wanting to watch what they make - tv companies and ad agencies sure, though they should have realised that people are always going to try and use technology to avoid being spoonfed ads because ads are an annoyance.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

If I'm watching a programme in real time, I mute the telly when the ads come on so I can read something in peace for the five minutes it takes most cable channels to actually get back to the programme itself. The ads are always louder than the actual programme, too, so I have no desire to be deafened.

And yeah, these people mystify me with their stupidity. Instead of saying, lookee, our consumers are leading us in a direction that's a great idea and that we could make money from, they say, you big meanies!

Grow a brain, telly people. Please?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

It's rare for me to watch something as it airs, because usually I'm not in the mood if I've been at work all day, so fast forwarding through the ad break is a way of life for me.