2.1 million downloads globally seems small.
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Marvel/Netflix Daredevil Season 1
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You can watch Netflix for free for a month. I don't get the need to pirate it. But it's still encouraging about its popularity.
Well, Americans can. The rest of the world is disgruntled and entitled.
But we don't know what kind of porn. Even in 2015 there are things a person could do on camera that would be truly shocking..........
Anywhere with Netflix can do the same, as far as I'm aware. Australia and New Zealand just officially got Netflix, didn't they?
That happened 2 weeks ago, but I'm still pissed that my bunny ears don't work any more.
UFH abandoned me.
Do you not have a TV with a digital receiver?
Nope.
Actually, to be completely honest, I don't have a TV.
Well, I have three crt tv's in the garage, and my Monitor is a massive TV, but it's not connected to anything broadcasty other than my computer.
Actually, to be completely honest, I don't have a TV.
Well, I have three crt tv's in the garage, and my Monitor is a massive TV, but it's not connected to anything broadcasty other than my computer.
That's a fair point.
Regardless, I think it's a safe assumption that heavily pirated shows do reflect highly popular shows (even acknowledging that certain shows might get pirated more than others*). Therefore, the news is still encouraging news for the Marvel/Netflix experiment.
* Genre shows always seem to lead the list, while network television procedurals like CSI: Miami or NCIS seem unlikely.
It's hardly encouraging, because it costs them money and makes it harder for them to afford making more such shows. Piracy is a selfish and harmful act. It's stealing from the creators of a work, stealing money they need to continue doing their work. It's not a celebration or a tribute, it's a betrayal and an assault. Nobody finds it encouraging to be mugged.
Piracy is immoral, this is indisputable. However, it's not all black and white.
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/wh...game-of-thrones-is-the-most-pirated-show-ever
Yeah the damage piracy can or can't do is next to impossible determine as there's no way of proving that every download equals a lost sale. It's just as likely that most of those people downloading a film or TV show were never going to part money for the product anyway and would just as soon not bothered., or are doing so for the simple convenience of not having to set a recording/rip a disc to their HD themselves. Another portion may pirate just to see if they like it before buying it in a higher quality format.
The only real potential loss in today's market as far I can see is in potential sub fees for streaming services like Netflix. But again, there's no way of telling how many would just as soon not bothered.
Of course it varies in certain regions where the local currency/economic state means the product is out of most people's price range, thus piracu is rampent. Which is why some video game companies at least are reducing prices in places like Russia, South America & Eastern Europe since it's the only way to make any money, or have pulled out of those regions and written them off as a lost cause.
The only real potential loss in today's market as far I can see is in potential sub fees for streaming services like Netflix. But again, there's no way of telling how many would just as soon not bothered.
Of course it varies in certain regions where the local currency/economic state means the product is out of most people's price range, thus piracu is rampent. Which is why some video game companies at least are reducing prices in places like Russia, South America & Eastern Europe since it's the only way to make any money, or have pulled out of those regions and written them off as a lost cause.
That may be, but digital piracy certainly does hurt other types of artists, such as prose authors or independent comics authors. A big production company or network may be able to absorb the losses thanks to their other revenue streams, but a lot of us don't have those alternative revenue streams and are genuinely threatened by piracy. So the attitude that it's somehow harmless or excusable is dangerous to a lot of people.
I think you misunderstood my point. I don't like that it's pirated; I think it's terrible. But my point was entirely separate. I want this Netflix show to be successful and I'd love to figure out if it is. However, since Netflix's ratings are hidden behind a veil of secrecy, you have to figure them out in other ways. Piracy numbers are a good indicator, since it's a safe assumption that popularity of illegal downloads roughly correlate with popularity of a program, which means it roughly correlates with legal viewership numbers.
I'm not saying Netflix should find those numbers encouraging. Netflix wants to capture 100% of the revenue from viewership and this obviously doesn't do it. Then again, Netflix also knows what their viewership numbers are and doesn't need to infer it indirectly. But that's an entirely separate issue. My only question was whether Daredevil will be getting a season two. The most popularly pirated show is Game of Thrones. That's gotten more than one season. That was the extent of my comments and more shouldn't be read into them.
^Like I said, there are a lot of us who don't make anywhere near 40 million and are seriously threatened by piracy.
The reason were not getting a Kick-Ass 3 is because of how heavily pirated KA2 was.
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