Spore Cloud
I H8 Computers
join:2001-09-09
Burleson, TX
| So I've noticed...
I first started noticing this a few weeks ago when I started downloading the HBO show Rome. Not only are there fake torrents the real ones become burdened by fake seeds and garbage data. So much so that I've started using PeerGuardian to block the offenders, mostly by a company called Media Sentry. But it doesn't really matter, in the end I still get my Rome =) |
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packetscan
Premium
join:2004-10-19
Bridgeport, CT
clubs: | If you pay your satellite or cable company for HBO their is no reason why you shouldn't be able to get the content via bit torrent.
Again our Fair-Use rights are being impeded.
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G_Poobah
join:2004-01-17
Schenectady, NY
| Exactly the right point.. But, the **AA's point is all about control. They don't believe in the concept of 'fair-use'. In their mind, there is no such thing as fair-use, you watch the show at their time, in their method, with their products. Hell, these are the same people who think that they deserve a cut of apple's ipod sales, since it's the music that drives the sales.. Wow, aren't they greedy bastards out of touch.
I pay for HBO. I pay over 140.00/month to the media companies. I'll damn well watch anything I can legally receive my way. Commercial free, time shifted, space shifted. If it's stealing, I really just..don't...care.. I feel ripped off enought not to care anymore, as do the majority of people. The **AA's are desperately trying to patch a sinking ship. As more and more people get faster and faster internet connections, their entire business model goes to hell. Once everyone joins a darknet, they are screwed, since the DMCA legally prohibts anyone from cracking into a darknet, (bypassing encryption), so all the web sheriff wanna-be's are left in the dark. Sure, I can't download it from a public site, but once it enters my darknet, it's secure from their probing.
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bentman78
Bentley
join:2004-04-16
Arlington, VA
| reply to packetscan
That's what my thing is too. Okay, if you don't subscribe to HBO, I can see why they might get mad. I on the other hand do subscribe, and miss the shows I want to see sometimes. Comcrap doesn't update on-demand fast enough, so I will download Rome and watch it...and usually delete it, unless it's really good. If I didn't do that, I'd be taping it on my VCR anyway (as noted earlier, I will not pay 12.00 a month for Tivo or 10 a month for DVR from Comcrap, I give them enough money every month anyhow).
They can try to block it, but I have managed to get it every time. I also do this for Family Guy and American Dad if I miss it. I pay for my cable subscription why shouldn't I be able to watch the shows I want when I want? Whether it's though Tivo/VCR/Bit torrent it's all one and the same to me because I am paying to watch those shows. If they don't like it fine...I just won't have cable, I'll be alright without it.
HBO and other premium stations should offer a download service for subscribers. Something you have to log into to download. I'd do that over downloading via BT if I had a choice. Like I said, I pay my hard earned cash for a sub par service anyway, I am going to watch the TV shows I like when I want to watch them...not when HBO or Fox tells me too. |
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elpikachupacabra
@172.20.x.x | reply to G_Poobah
Amen, brother. |
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elpikachupacabra
@172.20.x.x | reply to bentman78
They keep pushing reasonable users like yourself until we all become frustrated and start downloading anyway out of spite. |
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