When will the entertainment industry get smart?

[Soybomb]

I'm sitting here bored and I'd really like to watch season 4 of 24. I've seen 1-3. They were good. I'd go out and pay for season 4. If I lived in the UK I could do that. I can't do that here until december though. It makes it tempting to take an afternoon trip to mexico so I can watch it, at which point I really won't feel the need to buy it. I can't believe the number of people that get tagged for getting tv shows off torrents and the like and how the content producers don't try to profit off it instead of sending worthless letters. The music industry seems to have had some success with itunes music store, can tv and movies be far behind?

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

do a lot of people really even get letters for dling tvshows? i heard of a few awhile ago, seemed like it was just for cable shows on HBO cause they are premium.

 

[nakedfrog]

In a few decades would be my guess.

 

[Soybomb]

The ISP I work for hasn't gotten any complaints for it (well or for anything for that matter), but a buddy that works for a different one has seen quite a few, regular broadcast tv shows even.

 

[Homerboy]

IPTV soon enough.

 

[neutralizer]

safepeer ftw.

 

[Soybomb]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
safepeer ftw.

Its not concern for getting caught, thats not an issue. I don't want to and its dumb I should even have to think of it, thats what baffles me. I'm aging and I have more money than I did in high school and college. I don't want to spend my time hunting down 24 episodes of a 40 minute tv show of unknown quality and trying to download them in a reasonable amount of time and then transcoding them so I can watch them on my tv. I'll just spend $50 and 10 minutes. But thats not an option...it just seems dumb.

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
IPTV soon enough.

i keep hearing about this. what benefits does it offer?

 

[Rebasxer]

Originally posted by: Soybomb

Originally posted by: neutralizer
safepeer ftw.

Its not concern for getting caught, thats not an issue. I don't want to and its dumb I should even have to think of it, thats what baffles me. I'm aging and I have more money than I did in high school and college. I don't want to spend my time hunting down 24 episodes of a 40 minute tv show of unknown quality and trying to download them in a reasonable amount of time and then transcoding them so I can watch them on my tv. I'll just spend $50 and 10 minutes. But thats not an option...it just seems dumb.

Most of the time the the top torrent search results are the complete seasons taken in HD, so it's not so bad, and if you get caught, just go buy the season (for stuff thats already out)