Comments on: Oz tv shows go missing

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:10:23 +0000

asddas

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:26:06 +0000

I recently downloaded episode 19 (series 4) of 24 via bittorrent. With only 5 episodes to go I will have watched the entire series before it is even advertised to air on Australian network television. I often wonder what my impetus is to wait until messers 7,9 and 10 decide I should see it (with advertising) instead of firing up Azureus and waiting 35 minutes while it downloads (without advertising). The only thing that will stop the masses from utilising this medium is catering to their wants and as the networks are participating in a market that now includes more technologically savvy individuals there will eventually be no choice. Perhaps it’s time for a little introspection on their behalf. Who really wants to sit in front of a television being blasted every 8 minutes with insipid jingles and childishly scripted advertising played at ever increasing volumes (sorry I meant compression, lol). The internet has provided a modicum of freedom from the contraints of greedy, monopolising entertainment franchises and I for one will embrace every facet I can.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:34:03 +0000

Oz tv shows go missing
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i’ve found them!

see – BitTorrent, Grokster, Kazaa, Morpheus, eMule, eDonkey, eD2K…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 05:48:57 +0000

They talk about victims and television piracy, when really it’s the entertainment industry being… dicks. You have a show ready, promo all the time for it, then only show it in the US or the UK and effectively give the finger to Euro or Aussie viewers. Take for example Stargate SG-1, usually the first half of a season airs first in the US and then a few days later in the UK, while then mysteriously for the second half of a season it airs in the UK two days prior to over here. Within an hour of the completion of a show it’s already torrented on a few sites and we watch it. Of course, if you’re not in the US or the UK, you’re lucky if you get to see it broadcasted within the next year.

If you’re going to show it, show it everywhere it’s ever going to be at the same time, then we wouldn’t have to resort to watching our time-shifted non-comercial private copies that (un)fortunately don’t have any advertisements.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:34:35 +0000

The local television programmers are screwing around everywhere, even in the great white north…The new Dr. Who has a couple weeks lag before it finds its way to the cbc…just one example.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:42:37 +0000

This artifical scaricity has been ongoing for some time in Oz. Took a while for people to catch on but figures show that there is a serious lack on the part of the media megacorporations to supply full shows in their entirety or new albums that aren’t greatest hits and the like. Still within view here is a couple of charts showing where the artist isn’t available as a single but only as an ablum. It merely shows that the majors aren’t addressing their business demands but rather hoping to sell the public on either buying or buying at a higher price. Again we see what is driving the p2p’s. It is lack of supplying what the public demands in their marketplace. At the same time the convient “pirates” drumbeat is sounded at all times. A smokescreen to cover their butts and nothing more.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:06:40 +0000

crappy DRM’ed WMV files will never ever compare to quality encoded and non-drm’ed xvid.

They either offer a tracker with non-drm’ed xvid encodes in greater quality and speed to their subscribers or they don’t get squat.