HBO's stubbornness

[mahnmut]

HBO Still Doesn’t Get It: Game of Thrones Again the Most Torrented Show

Three seasons in and Game of Thrones still continues to set records — both legitimate and otherwise. After hitting ratings milestones earlier this year, it now has yet another accomplishment to boast about: the most pirated show of 2013.
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For the last decade evidence has mounted that, while some measure of media piracy is inevitable, it thrives on inconvenience: given the means, viewers will generally pay for a legitimate source, but only if they can get to it more easily than an illegal one. That’s the backbone of services like iTunes and Netflix: making those transactions easy and, critically, fast.

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[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Yep, the music industry was dying because of piracy (apparently). Then the iPod and iTunes store come along and change everything. Those who don't adapt, die. In most retail areas, bricks and mortar resisted the digital space rather than embracing it, and someone else (amazon, ebay, iTunes) came in and stole their business. Piracy doesn't kill an industry, it shows the industry where the next marketplace is.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

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