No. If I can watch, often with my family, comfortably on the sofa, on a big screen, that's far preferable to sitting at my pc. If I can watch the paid for tv service rather than illegally torrenting than I'd rather do that. It's all well and good to get one episode of something or copies to vid once you've watched it and can't get DVDs, but on the whole I support watching TV as it's meant to be watched. One of my pet hates is hipster douchebags who brag about never watching tv but they download every GoT episode and watch it on their tiny fucking iPhone screens. So, um, no :)
Yes, this is where the exceptions come in. If it hasn't aired and isn't likely to air in your country, I don't see that as "lost audience" any more than me rewatching Legend of the Seeker on Youtube is "lost audience" because I've seen all the episodes on SyFy and the DVDs are not available in my region :D
Thank you for understanding, bb! *HUGS* In cases when show is unavailable maybe online sites/torrents are actually "gained audience" because they allow people to see shows they couldn't have watched otherwise, and then those people go and help promoting those shows on Tumblr/Twitter/FB and it's a good thing for the show... I guess.
Also "leave/live". How did it come out that way? O_O I should go die in a fire now.
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Date: 2013-09-28 02:16 pm (UTC)I love these, bb! :D
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Date: 2013-09-29 11:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-29 05:31 pm (UTC)http://www.tvshow7.eu/watch-teen-wolf-online/
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Date: 2013-09-29 05:47 pm (UTC)If I can watch, often with my family, comfortably on the sofa, on a big screen, that's far preferable to sitting at my pc.
If I can watch the paid for tv service rather than illegally torrenting than I'd rather do that. It's all well and good to get one episode of something or copies to vid once you've watched it and can't get DVDs, but on the whole I support watching TV as it's meant to be watched.
One of my pet hates is hipster douchebags who brag about never watching tv but they download every GoT episode and watch it on their tiny fucking iPhone screens.
So, um, no :)
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Date: 2013-09-29 06:04 pm (UTC)Only I leave in Russia and that's a HUGE complication. =(
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Date: 2013-09-29 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-29 06:22 pm (UTC)In cases when show is unavailable maybe online sites/torrents are actually "gained audience" because they allow people to see shows they couldn't have watched otherwise, and then those people go and help promoting those shows on Tumblr/Twitter/FB and it's a good thing for the show... I guess.
Also "leave/live". How did it come out that way? O_O I should go die in a fire now.