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UK Leads in TV Show Downloading

Posted by timothy on from the they-beamed-it-through-me dept.

dirutz writes "Britain has emerged as the world's biggest market for downloading pirated TV, with Australia being the second and the U.S. sitting at third. Among the top pirated TV shows, '24' ranks the first. 'The Simpsons,' 'Enterprise,' 'Stargate SG-1' and 'Battlestar Galactica' are also among the top hitters." 'Pirated' seems a strong word, at least for watching those programs which have been beamed (unencrypted) through my body. Where can I pay a quarter per show for moderate-quality, sanctioned torrent files?

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  1. They're doing so well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... that they're now beating out the UK as well!

  2. I'm sure... by Michael+Hunt · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that this show is a repeat.

    Lousy cheap networks.

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  3. they've all been duped! by gobbo · · Score: 5, Funny

    OK, I'm just going to start submitting whatever story I see on the front page. A delay of a couple of hours for a duplicate story seems to be the going rate.

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    1. Re:they've all been duped! by biglig2 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ha ha! It's worked as well! +4 insightful already...

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  4. Re:Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    indeed, become too american.

  5. Slashdot leads in duplicate article posting! by Beek · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's true!

    I read it on another site... Except THEY ONLY POSTED THIS FACT ONCE!

  6. Slashdot Leads World in 'Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    from the they-Duped-it-through-me dept.
    dirutz writes "Slashdot has emerged as the world's biggest market for Dupeing Storys with Mirrordot being the second and the coral cach. sitting at third. Among the top duped storys, Uk pirates' ranks the first. Linux TCO,' 'Windows security holes,and 'EFF endangerd Gadjets ' are also among the top hitters." 'Dupe' seems a strong word, at least for watching those Storys which have been beamed (unedited and unchecked) through my Slashdots editors. Where can I pay a quarter per Dupe for moderate-quality, sanctioned Dupe storys

  7. Here's a REAL topic for discussion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft's parent's primer to computer slang