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TV Torrents — When Piracy Is Easier Than Purchase

Posted by Zonk on from the wow-guess-i'll-just-not-pay-you-then dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NBC's recent withdrawal from the iTunes store leaves the millions of Apple's customers who have Macs or iPods without a legitimate way to purchase and watch NBC's content. Online media stores such as iTunes, Amazon and Walmart have never been able to compete with the pirates on price, or freedom and flexibility — as the content they sell is typically wrapped in restrictive DRM. The one advantage that legal purchase offered was ease of use. CNET looks into the issue, and discovers that with mature open-source media players such as Miro supporting BitTorrent RSS feeds, it is actually trivially easy for users to subscribe to their favorite shows. Want to wake up to the latest episode of The Colbert Report, Top Gear or any of hundreds of TV shows automatically downloaded and waiting for you? CNET offers an easy three step guide."

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  1. No legitimate way to watch NBCs content? by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Turn on the fucking TV you stupid fucking asshole.

    1. Re:No legitimate way to watch NBCs content? by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Ah, so that's your justification. It's interesting. It has a certain logic, so long as you ignore the rights of the people that you have to trample on to achieve your goal.

      As for me, no, there are many ways to get TV shows in my world. TV, for one. I never feel justified in pirating to fill my greed for entertainment. Possibly because I don't have that greed. But as I said, I'm not an asshole.

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    2. Re:No legitimate way to watch NBCs content? by Rakishi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      Greed? I do pay for them once I'm allowed to so I don't see why I'm greedy. Actually if you ever skip or ignore ads you are being a lot more greedy than me.

      But as I said, I'm not an asshole. No, you're apparently just a self-righteous idiot.