Cats and dogs living together! :P

[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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[temaris.livejournal.com]

Because I should simply Not Watch something if I think I might like it but can't make the commitment to turn up and park my arse in front of the stupid-machine at the Appointed Time.

My mistake.

*puts back all the shows that she's watched this way*

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Or give them lots of money for dvds for a show you might not like, because life's a gamble that way! :P