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I know this is pretty much an intellectual property related topic, but what do you guys think of streaming shows and movies for free?

 

I have my reservations about download music for free and would much rather buy their albums especially if they're just starting out, but for tv shows and movies, I could really care less. I go to town with streaming lol.

 

TV DVD's are too costly, though I don't mind getting the occasional Blu-Ray especially if it's for a 3D animated cartoon. You can still steal that stuff off the internet fine, but I just like the security of ensured functionality you know?

 

The piracy laws these days, seriously...

 

I always think of it this way: if TV stations and production companies didn't want their shit to be streamed for free online, they would post the stuff online themselves and find different ways to get funding. I would love for a freemium kind of service like FDR where you can watch all the free shows and movies you want, but it's up to the hardcore subcribers to chip in on sustaining the business, while of course the companies find their own ways to stay funded. Then they can also be rewarded with extras that wouldn't be available to the freeloading vermin! :P

 

Likewise with movies. No matter how pissed off they get that people stream their movies for free, there will always be people who enjoy the theatre experience and would gladly pay for it. I guess I relate that to music now, like I posted a while back about that. It is better to support directly by paying, but for musicians, they get most of their money from performances anyway. As for movies, they get most of their sales from theatre goers as opposed to DVD/Blu-Ray sales...even though those will last a life time afterwards.

 

Your thoughts?

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I thought when cable TV first came out, that when everyone paid the subscription, that there would no longer be any advertising.  Now, you pay a lot for cable/satellite TV and, except for premium channels, you still get advertising.  At least one can record and skip the commercials, now, but they're still there.  Even at sporting events, the game is stopped, so that the TV viewers can watch commercials, and there is tons of advertising in the arena/stadium, so one has to be inundated even after he paid for a ticket.

 

I would like to say that paying for entertainment helps producers, writers, artists, etc., create stuff that people want, since people can vote with their pocketbooks.  It sure seems that there has been a lot of bad music created since the internet was invented.  There is sort of no way to filter out the bad stuff.  

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