Originally Posted by signupdamnit

I wonder why they don't set up their own stream at $5 - $10 a pop at comparable (to these pirate streams) or slightly better quality? If you've ever used one of these streams you'd know that usually they aren't very reliable and the quality is pretty bad. I would have gladly paid $5 for something more reliable and slightly better quality. Turn a percentage of the pirates into paying customers. You can still try to upsell them the better quality PPV or HD streams and your PPV customers aren't going to want to go from 1080p to some crappy pixellated stream unless they are truly broke so you shouldn't lose money there.

They have an advantage over us in that their content has a sort of time factor involved in that most people prefer to see it live. It's a bit different than selling porn.