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

    ...that this show is a repeat.

    Lousy cheap networks.

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  2. 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 SamSim · · Score: 5, Insightful

      On the plus side, instead of thinking, we can just copy/paste all the +5 comments from the other story and get huge amounts of karma.

      For example, here's a comment by Xner: "Thre real reason for rampant TV piracy on this side of the pond is that shows are released a lot later around here, sometimes even YEARS. This does encourage people to take their viewing habits into their own hands." Insightful, eh? I'd mod me up if I were you.

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  3. Hey, timothy! by Tim+C · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about making comments down here with the rest of us, where we can reply to them properly and even moderate them?

    For that matter, how about checking for dupes before posting a story?

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