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TV Show About The Scene

Posted by Zonk on from the 0day-warez-only,-please dept.

boingyzain writes "A few guys have gotten together to create a downloadable 'television show' about The Scene--the underground network of suppliers, rippers, and coders who bring pirated releases to the warez crowd. Each episode follows the happenings of Drosnan, the founder of a large release group, through numerous scene releases. It's been so successful that it has even spawned a spoof named Teh Scene; imitation is the best form of flattery, isn't it?"

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  1. Bittorrent rate by suso · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Its kinda fun to watch my bittorrent upload rate jump up from 2KB/s to 17 to 100 within seconds of the article making slashdot.

  2. Re:Bah, this isn't The Dating Scene... by garcia · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To add to this... If this became the future of "TV" then people could keep high quality shows with the "nitty gritty work" behind the show driving it rather than moronic ratings from l4m3rz that want drama instead of real action.

    Man, not to be tied down by the networks? Woot.

  3. Re:I for one... by jcpham · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been watching it since episode one. I think it will end up changing the way digital content is distributed to society.

  4. Mentioned earlier by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This was briefly mentioned before, back when Wired ran that article on the "underground" network. One of the guys that was interviewed and now has his own firm is behind this.

  5. Oh - THAT scene by ALecs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was hoping (for a few millisconds there) that it was about the Demoscene.

    *sigh* Oh well. Back to Nectarine

  6. Re:Bah, this isn't The Dating Scene... by simetra · · Score: 4, Interesting
    ...and after two seasons they show the work behind the work where everyone is a backstabbing bitch that fucks everyone else.


    They all revert to the true nature of humanity.

    Like a Disney World ride operator, who might say for the first day or so "Ah, the magic of it all." but by day three is saying "Fuck I hate this place."

    --

    "Would it kill you to put down the toilet seat?" -- Maya Angelou
  7. I'd watch a show about the demo scene by tepples · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The only way MTV would ever get eyeball-hours from me is if it produced a show about the demo scene. Make it like Beavis and Butt-head, which alternated the main plot of the show with music videos, except the music videos would be from demos.

  8. looks like suso won! by simonsayz · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I recived this email today :)
    Hey, I wanted to let you know that another group (unrelated to us) has released a hysterical spoof of "The Scene". We saw it earlier today and were howling laughing. You can download it at www.welcometotehscene.com. (Note "teh" instead of "the"). Our own release of Episode 6 is on schedule for March 25th. We'll update you before it comes out. In the meantime, we'd like to ask your help with something: It's about time our show got some attention on Slashdot! If all of us post to www.slashdot.org over the next few days they'll be hard pressed to ignore us - and this new spoof could be excellent fodder to write about! We'll offer the first person who succeeds in getting a story posted about "The Scene" a spot in an upcoming episode (either as one of our characters or yourself!) Please include the following two links in your post: The Scene parody To post, go to: http://slashdot.org/submit.pl Thanks, all! Talk to you soon. Mitchell
  9. Checkout their clients by coder.keitaro · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It is interesting that the company that makes this show has NBC and Hearst-Argyl as clients.

    I have not yet watched it but I am assuming this is just a piece of partisan propaganda.

    Another salvo against the beleaguered p2p filesharing community by obsolescant old-media companies.

    --
    watashi wa bengoshi dewa arimasen!
  10. Re:It is an attempt to demonize the warez crowd. by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Look, if anyone should be demonized, it's those of the online community who actually break laws. These people make a LOT of trouble for those of us who don't get some kind of thrill from risking imprisonment.

    The public, right now, often has difficulty separating warez dealers, crackers, virus writers, and normal geeks who just know a lot about computers.

    More than once, I've discovered that since I know more than the average AOLer, someone just assumes that I have lots of pirated stuff and dabble in hacking the FBI. Pull up a Windows command prompt and type "route print" and suddenly your boss thinks you're a security risk. The more everyone knows about "the scene," the better I can separate myself from those who knowingly and willingly break the law.