Comments on: Most Americans say movie piracy no big deal http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/29/most-americans-say-movie-piracy-no-big-deal/ Where TV Finds the Future Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:48:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: discreet_chaos http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/29/most-americans-say-movie-piracy-no-big-deal/#comment-152813 discreet_chaos Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:31:01 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/29/most-americans-say-movie-piracy-no-big-deal/#comment-152813 Perhaps it's a fairly recent phenomenon, but I'm surprised by the numbers of people who will freely admit to downloading pirated content in a wide open forum. Sure, we've all heard somebody say they've done it and I'm kind of used to an occasional person saying that they've downloaded a current movie within the confines of a small blog or its comments, but the other day, I ran across someone who was either bold or fairly stupid. The occasion was that I was looking for some specific show information on CNET's tv.com and though I go there a couple of times a week, the other evening, I decided to look at their show-specific forums. Right there in plain sight on one of the most-trafficked and highest-profile television sites in the world, somebody said in reference to a particular show and I quote, so it's sic; "i have finally found a good torrent (eps 1-11) of this show and downloaded them, of course on the day my internet keeps going down-so took WAY longer than it should have, i'm up to episode 10 and so far i love it" Now, according to their profile, this person doesn't live in this country, but stil... Perhaps it’s a fairly recent phenomenon, but I’m surprised by the numbers of people who will freely admit to downloading pirated content in a wide open forum.

Sure, we’ve all heard somebody say they’ve done it and I’m kind of used to an occasional person saying that they’ve downloaded a current movie within the confines of a small blog or its comments, but the other day, I ran across someone who was either bold or fairly stupid.

The occasion was that I was looking for some specific show information on CNET’s tv.com and though I go there a couple of times a week, the other evening, I decided to look at their show-specific forums.

Right there in plain sight on one of the most-trafficked and highest-profile television sites in the world, somebody said in reference to a particular show and I quote, so it’s sic; “i have finally found a good torrent (eps 1-11) of this show and downloaded them, of course on the day my internet keeps going down-so took WAY longer than it should have, i’m up to episode 10 and so far i love it”

Now, according to their profile, this person doesn’t live in this country, but stil…

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