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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:49 am Post subject: Streaming tv = illegal? |
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Something I've wondered about..I was curious if anyone had any thoughts on the matter..
Why is streaming network tv illegal? I would figure it's a good thing because the people who are watching and forced to watch the commercials that they would never normally see.
While people back home can just dvr everything and skip past all of the ads.
Isn't the big moneymaker for these networks the advertising money? Why would they object to this? |
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Porksta
Joined: 05 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:25 am Post subject: |
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The commercials are not the only thing. Shows charge a fee for commercials based on how many people watch the show. People who stream are not included in the number of viewers. Basically companies then get free advertising. They pay a fee to get their commercials placed in a show watched by 10 million people every week. When people stream, the commercials then reach even more people, but they are still only paying the 10 million person rate. It isn't the companies making the commercials that pull streams, it is the networks. Keep in mind a lot of streams do not even have commercials.
Even with DVR, networks know what shows you are recording and watching.
Even if you watch commercials that you would normally never see, what good does it do if the product isn't even in your country? |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| ahh..so that's why they charge so much for super bowl ads, if it's based on the number of people who see the ads... |
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Koreadays
Joined: 20 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| what's not illegal in this world! corporations will make everything illegal unless you pay for it. one day we will have an AIR TAX! |
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mrcolin1
Joined: 21 May 2011
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| you won't get caught |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:26 am Post subject: |
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I'm not worried about getting caught..
I'm annoyed when they shut down the websites that are streaming the football games. |
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Elbow
Joined: 22 Nov 2011
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:32 am Post subject: |
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So just wondering, are shows easily streamable in Korea?
I pretty much exclusively watch tv through websites like sidereel and tvduck (which link to videoeb, putlocker, etc) and it only just occurred to me that i might have issues with this once I move over. |
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Skipperoo
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| You won't have any problems streaming in Korea, all the sites you listed and more work just fine here. |
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Mr. Peabody
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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TV streaming is not illegal, per se. Just as torrent downloading is not illegal, either.
It's all about copyrights and ownership. If the owner allows it, then it's not illegal. |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:53 am Post subject: |
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It's illegal just in case the production company wants to sell the show to a Korean network at some point.  |
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Panda
Joined: 25 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:12 am Post subject: |
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| Koreadays wrote: |
| what's not illegal in this world! corporations will make everything illegal unless you pay for it. one day we will have an AIR TAX! |
Well said... air has already been taxed, btw. |
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