So yesterday I check out www.bittorrent.com to see if they're up and running yet:
So they're up in a few hours. Cool. I can wait a few hours to FINALLY be able to legally download some TV shows and movies. At $1.99 for a TV show and $2.99 to $3.99 for a movie it sounds like a decent deal to me. I'm more interested in the TV shows though.
But today... (God damn I knew they'd pull this shit...) Here's what I get:
Just in case you missed that, here it is again:
Like I said in my previous post “Why Piracy is Good - A User's Perspective”:
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH~!!!!!!
U.S. only!
In case I forgot to mention it...
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH~!!!!!!
Like that first South Park episode, I'd like to see the studios get a good solid anal probe of their own!
I'm quite sure that the year of negotiations was all about how the studios could shut out 95% of the planet from trying to get legal. Why do they do this? It wouldn't be that hard to actually sell things to everyone else. It's just not that difficult. Settling the business issues is the ONLY part that could be remotely difficult, but that shouldn't be much harder than simply adding a new clause or whatever to a few exisiting agreements for regional distributors. Like I've said before - NTFH!
The studios aren't all that big anyways. Google or Microsoft actually have enough cash to buy them outright. I really wish Microsoft would do that... Then we'd finally be able to give money to someone to get this stuff. (Jury's out on Google - not sure if they're getting too big. The potential for Google to turn to the dark side is very scary. Microsoft on the otherhand... Nah - I love the boys in Redmond!)
So, what's left? Ah - that's right! The Pirate Bay!
For 95% of the planet, The Pirate Bay is the right choice for movies, TV shows, music and other stuff. It might be illegal, but in the absence of any legal avenues, what choices are left? None!
It really wouldn't be that hard to sell things online outside of the United States. It's not like other governements have laws about selling movies and TV shows being illegal. Well, maybe not in China - but they're a bunch of rotten commies bent on censoring everything so they don't count.
People are going to get this stuff whether the studios want them to or not. Why can't they just go with the flow and make a buck along the way? Seems like a no-brainer to me... But then again, I'm not a techno-phobe.
Cheers,
Ryan