I Tried To Watch Game Of Thrones...

parislemon:

Hollywood’s core piracy “problem” is perfectly captured in this one cartoon by The Oatmeal.

In fact, I’ve had this exact debate with myself. I really want to watch Game of Thrones. But I’m not an HBO subscriber because I’m not a cable subscriber and unfortunately, the two go hand-in-hand, no matter what I’m willing to pay.

Speaking of “willing to pay”, okay fine, I can’t get Game of Thrones on HBO, but I’m willing to pay a quite a bit of money to get it via iTunes. Wait. Nope. Can’t do that either. At least not for a few more months — well over a year after the first season wrapped.

Netflix? Nope. Not streaming or DVD/Blu-ray. Amazon? Nope. HBO.com? Not unless I’m a cable subscriber. 

So my options are…

…

…well, I only have one option. Thanks Hollywood!

On this, Parislemon probably doesn’t have all the facts. There are many reasons that a show hasn’t become available outside it’s regularly subscribed user base. A lot does indeed come down to greed and poor planning as he suggests. But sometimes, it has to do with ego, or old business practices, or one of many other reasons.

Sometimes, the legalities of the situation behind the scenes - whether that’s a Producer who hates downloading therefore wouldn’t sign away the rights or a deal that was put in place 10 yrs ago and still has 5 yrs to go - prohibit anyone from doing what everyone knows to be the ‘right thing’. It happens all the time.

So until HBO issues a written statement on exactly why it’s pursuing this coarse of action, Parislemon should do his job as a reporter and investigate the situation instead of just bitching about it - just bitching is my job. 

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  5. nattarbox reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    The only problem with this reasoning is that you can’t separate the reasonable $120/year cost of HBO from the completely...
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  7. whitneymcn reblogged this from sawickipedia and added:
    This is exactly it for me. I cancelled our cable this weekend; we were getting the cheapest, lamest, $15/mo package, but...
  8. sawickipedia reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    @rickwebb not exactly - given you have to be a digital cable sub in 98% of locales to qualify for the privilege of...
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  10. extraface reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    I think HBO should go to HR departments and propose a deal where everyone on staff gets HBO or a stipend if they don’t...
  11. rickwebb reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    sympathize with this line...the worst offender at all. HBO is $12
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  13. daveswhiteboard reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    Yep, that’s been my situation here as well. This household “Cut the Cord” at the start
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  15. itswilder reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    On this, Parislemon probably doesn’t have all the facts. There are many reasons that a show hasn’t become available...
  16. samglover reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    have this problem all...time. Hollywood apparently doesn’t want
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