How four Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” would defeat DRM

Re:How four Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” wo... by tptacek on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:33PM (#4854631)

In other words, people are bitching because they'd love to pay what they think GoT is worth, and not what GoT is demonstrably actually worth to HBO.

Pay TV will eventually lose in the market as people (again, like Netflix) figure out how to have compelling content created for the direct online audience. But it won't lose until that happens.

Incidentally: I'm not the one who keeps bringing up Game Of Thrones.

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Re:How four Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” wo... by pyre on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:52PM (#4854765)

  > I'm not the one who keeps bringing up Game Of Thrones

People aren't necessarily bringing it up because of the content. More because the logistics of how it's distributed have been talked about before. By bringing up Game of Thrones, the point is to discuss the issues around it, not start a thread on the merits of the content itself.

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Re:How four Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” wo... by illuminate on Saturday December 01, 2012 @01:25PM (#4858491)

"people are bitching because they'd love to pay what they think GoT is worth, and not what GoT is demonstrably actually worth to HBO."

This is objectively untrue. I would pay what HBO is worth, if available separately.

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