Sunday 13 April 2014

Piracy — more compex than it looks at first sight


Credit: HBO

Fact: when music was first played on radio, content providers complained that it would be the end of live performance. Did it happen?

Fact: when Monty Python decided to stop suing the people who were posting their content on YouTube & created their own Channel, sales went up 23,000%.

Fact: In Australia, the only way to see Game of Thrones before it is released on DVD is to subscribe to the Foxtel cable TV service & pay for a lot of other content you may not want. Result: Australia is number one in Game of Thrones torrents

Discussion at the links listed below. Some of the comments are worth a read too:

http://www.choice.com.au/blog/2014/april/watching-game-of-thrones-in-australia.aspx

http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/time-warner-cable-ceo-admits-game-of.html

http://www.cnet.com.au/australia-number-one-in-game-of-thrones-torrents-339347038.htm

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