KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | why do they say stolen content? i get shows like Enterprise for free just by turning on UPN on friday nights. and my family pays for HBO and Cinemax so any content from those is also ours for the taking since we pay comcast for the access to the stations. downloading and watching the feed from the cable are honestly the same thing. just a download lets me rewatch it without waiting on a rerun or while i wait for the DVD box set to come out.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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| They say stolen because you're not watching the commercials. Broadcast television (and cable television for that matter) rely on advertising to pay for production. They way the MPAA sees it you download the show you aren't watching the commercials that help pay for the show.
Doesn't matter if you normally switch channels when commercials come on go take a bathroom break. The idea of television commercials is if there is any glimmer of hope you will end up catching a jingle in your head or hear about some special offer. |
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| "they say stolen because you're not watching the commercials."
-- i doubt that they'd care if there were some shared that had the commercials included in the encodings, because they still dont have control over the distribution. its about "control". They can only triple-charge you to watch it through controlled distribution. (first-run, re-runs, dvdboxedset) |
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| That is absolutely correct. Like the RIAA what they really want is distribution control too, however they can't validate that demand. The best the MPAA can do is cry about lost revenue, but not about lost control. |
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