[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[Brian Wood]

On Friday 27 February 2009 16:04:55 jedi wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 01:38:48PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > On Fri, February 27, 2009 12:34 pm, Brian Wood wrote:
> > > Eventually all entertainment distribution will be over the net, but
> > > that won't happen until the forces of evil finally lose their battle...
> >
> > And until people on the Internet become willing to pay for stuff.  The
> > "information wants to be free" culture is kind of a barrier right now to
>
>     This has NOTHING to do with 'freebie culture'. This is all about fair
> play and equal access and non-discrimination. No one has been trying to
> undermine Hulu's "business model" or "steal" their content. Their content
> has been used intact, no different than any YouTube video linked from 3rd
> party website.
>
>     All of this "pirate" and "mooch" rhetoric is just a red herring.
>
>     Trying to play favorites with a public accomodation is something
> that rightfully should generate a lot of negative feedback.

True, but do you really think there would be as much commotion if HuLu was a 
paid service?

A service such as HuLu probably does more to discourage piracy than all of the 
RIAA/MPAA lawsuits could possibly do.

People used to have a problem with AM radios being stolen from automobiles, 
this only stopped when they became reasonably priced and ubiquitous.

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