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Originally Posted by GatorB
Yes and if people want to watch an epsidoe of Heroes they can get it form Amazon.com or Itunes and pay the $2 for it. Or if you just missed a recent episode you can watch it on NBC.com anytime you wish in "HD" no less. No torrent necessary and its free.
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right so you expect me to buy the right to view twice, once when i pay my cable bill and again from itunes.
that the point i am making, i paid for it already, i should not have to pay for it again.
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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
You can do that now, with a lot of shows directly from the company's websites.
So, in theory, bittorrents should no longer be used in the case of GG's argument. Oh, that's right. He doesn't want to have to watch the commercials that PAY FOR the show you are watching.
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or maybe it because NBC.com doesn't broadcast heroes to canada, and globaltv.com doesn't have a HD streaming option.
personally the reason why i use bit torrent is because i don't want to be teathered to the internet. Stream is great when i am watching it on my laptop, but with a bit torrent i can watch it anyware, i can put it on my ipod, i can move it to 52 inch projection tv by copying the file on my usb stick and plugging it into my dvd player.
if i recorded it with tivo i would be able to skip the commercial, even if i watched every commercial neilson does not count them for the advertising metrics, so they don't pay for the show at all.
the arguement that i am costing the show money by using torrents intead of tivo is total crap. The arguement that i should be forced to stream simply because i choose not to use tivo, while tivo should continue to have the right to skip the commercial.
my cable bill is the licience for my right to view, and no where in that agreement does it say i must watch the commercials. I can go to the washroom during the break, i can get a snack. So arguing that i must be forced to watch commercials because i bittorrent for shows i paid for is insanely irrational arguement.