I see this as a good thing for consumers. Considering its easy and legal to get NBC's shows off the torrent sites why would anyone pay? This is good for consumers because now they will be smart and stop paying for what has always been free. Plus more ppl in the torrents makes for faster downloads which makes it better for all. GJ NBC and thanks.
It's a PUBLIC broacast, its free. They get paid from the advertisers not the consumers. I dont see how downloading something sent freely over the airwaves to all the country is illegal? It sent out freely... to be consumed freely.
I believe the theory is that if you get a show on your TV, you can have a recording (eg VHS, TIVO), and that a torrent is just a way to obtain that recording of something you already have received (via antenna/cable/sat depending).
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I see this as a good thing for consumers. Considering its easy and legal to get NBC's shows off the torrent sites why would anyone pay? This is good for consumers because now they will be smart and stop paying for what has always been free. Plus more ppl in the torrents makes for faster downloads which makes it better for all. GJ NBC and thanks.
ya, um, torrenting TV show's actually is not legal. Not even a little bit. Nice try though.
"Considering its easy and legal to get NBC's shows off the torrent sites why would anyone pay?"
Easy? Yes. Legal? In most places across the globe, no.
It's a PUBLIC broacast, its free. They get paid from the advertisers not the consumers. I dont see how downloading something sent freely over the airwaves to all the country is illegal? It sent out freely... to be consumed freely.
Ray, that is a good point, and a good argument, however, it is still illegal to redistribute copyrighted content.
Good luck with that argument in court...
Free TV broadcasting doesn't give you the right to distribute a company's programming.
I believe the theory is that if you get a show on your TV, you can have a recording (eg VHS, TIVO), and that a torrent is just a way to obtain that recording of something you already have received (via antenna/cable/sat depending).