Comments on: MPAA Targets P2P Sites Sharing TV Shows http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/ Thoughts of Trevor Iwaszuk. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ryan http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/comment-page-1/#comment-2354 Ryan Sat, 21 May 2005 06:18:32 +0000 http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/#comment-2354 Well, from my experience with torrents Anthony's point is right. But, not for why he implies. Yes, I own DVDs of the series that I just love (24 and Family Guy). But, part of this is because torrents do not exist for past seasons of these shows. Mainly, I've found that when it comes to TV you need to get it soon or you will not have enough seeds for the show. So, if I wanted to get season 1 of 24 I'd be out of luck or have to wait forever to get all the episodes. But, I think that the movie industry is going to have the same problem that the music industry did. They need to find a way to embrace this. Whether this is via DRM or some other means, but something needs to be done and cleaning the internet a site at a time will not fix the problem. Now, with trackerless torrents it will be even more difficult to find where the source is coming from. Well, from my experience with torrents Anthony’s point is right. But, not for why he implies. Yes, I own DVDs of the series that I just love (24 and Family Guy). But, part of this is because torrents do not exist for past seasons of these shows. Mainly, I’ve found that when it comes to TV you need to get it soon or you will not have enough seeds for the show. So, if I wanted to get season 1 of 24 I’d be out of luck or have to wait forever to get all the episodes.

But, I think that the movie industry is going to have the same problem that the music industry did. They need to find a way to embrace this. Whether this is via DRM or some other means, but something needs to be done and cleaning the internet a site at a time will not fix the problem. Now, with trackerless torrents it will be even more difficult to find where the source is coming from.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 Anthony Sat, 21 May 2005 05:22:52 +0000 http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/#comment-2353 Here's the way I see it. If the stuff that's on TV now isn't on DVD, then they should allow people to download it with the commercials as Kevin suggested. If, however, the content is already selling in DVD format, go buy it!:P Here’s the way I see it. If the stuff that’s on TV now isn’t on DVD, then they should allow people to download it with the commercials as Kevin suggested. If, however, the content is already selling in DVD format, go buy it!:P

]]> By: Kevin http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Kevin Fri, 20 May 2005 00:44:15 +0000 http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/#comment-2318 <!-- spamk : Comment text: 'I think they are missing the obvious solution here. Provide the popular shows that are on public channels for free online, either through bit torrent or traditional download. The quality should equal its TV counterpart and if they want people to watch their commercials they can DRM the files so you can't fastforward through them. ' matched ((holdem|texas|poker|casino|online|gambl|blackjack|game|free).*){2,} --> I think they are missing the obvious solution here. Provide the popular shows that are on public channels for free online, either through bit torrent or traditional download. The quality should equal its TV counterpart and if they want people to watch their commercials they can DRM the files so you can't fastforward through them.

I think they are missing the obvious solution here. Provide the popular shows that are on public channels for free online, either through bit torrent or traditional download. The quality should equal its TV counterpart and if they want people to watch their commercials they can DRM the files so you can’t fastforward through them.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Trevor Thu, 19 May 2005 22:51:46 +0000 http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/#comment-2317 Doesn't matter.. they say you can record them for yourself -- you just can't give them to anyone else. :( Doesn’t matter.. they say you can record them for yourself — you just can’t give them to anyone else. :(

]]> By: david http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 david Thu, 19 May 2005 18:05:15 +0000 http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/#comment-2311 isn't it because you don't download commercials? which means that advertisers aren't going to pay as much when they know that people are downloading the tv shows commercial-free. what ever happened to that tivo case? isn’t it because you don’t download commercials? which means that advertisers aren’t going to pay as much when they know that people are downloading the tv shows commercial-free. what ever happened to that tivo case?

]]> By: Tristan http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 Tristan Tue, 17 May 2005 03:30:14 +0000 http://www.mytrevor.com/blog/archives/2005/05/16/40/#comment-2297 Yeah, both the MPAA and the RIAA are pretty ridiculous. They're both passing up a great content distribution system and angering their customer base in the process. Yeah, both the MPAA and the RIAA are pretty ridiculous. They’re both passing up a great content distribution system and angering their customer base in the process.

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