PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight

Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by thefreeman on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @07:15PM (#5174176)

Stole this link from a comment below http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/silicon/

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by Scramblejams on Thursday February 07, 2013 @12:55AM (#5180774)

Step 1) Install get-flash-videos, see here: https://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/wiki/Installation

Step 2) ./get_flash_videos -r high http://video.pbs.org/video/2328264748

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by stch2 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @07:16PM (#5174184)

You can always steal it from thepiratebay/megaconz

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by wavesounds on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:07PM (#5174344)

I dont see how this is stealing - PBS is funded by our tax dollars and owned by the public

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by pohl on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @09:35PM (#5174603)

The portion of funds of funds that come from the federal government is smaller than you think, and conservatives are constantly posturing to take even that away. (Recall the Big Bird meme that came out of the presidential debates?). The lions share of federal funds go to keeping stations broadcasting, not towards content creation.

It's unlikely that any given piece of content was wholly funded by the public.

http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/us-government-works.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcas...

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by bryans on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @09:23PM (#5174571)

PBS is not owned by the public, and only 15% of its funding comes from government programs.

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by Itaxpica on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:27PM (#5174399)

Which is why, as thefreeman points out above, its legitimately available online for free.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/silicon/

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by wavesounds on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:54PM (#5174491)

Not trying to troll I just don't understand why this is 'legitimate' and the pirate bay is not? If this was produced with my tax dollars and broadcast free on tv with no commercials why isn't it perfectly acceptable for me to download this via a torrent?

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by jaytaylor on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:40PM (#5174441)

It looks to me like it costs $19.99 http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=18789896

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by wavesounds on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:58PM (#5174501)

Yeah only the first 15 minutes are on their website. No idea why people who own a tv who can watch the whole thing and people who only own a computer only get 15 minutes.

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by brewdad on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:49PM (#5174783)

If it's like most other PBS shows, tomorrow it will be available in its entirety. They want you to watch it on your television if possible, then give you the opportunity to see it online after it's aired. It may only be available online for a limited time though, so don't procrastinate too long.

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by stch2 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:59PM (#5174504)

download/steal/copy/whatever you want to call it. I was just suggesting a place to get it from.

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Re:PBS’s “Silicon Valley” to Debut Tonight by davecap1 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @06:56PM (#5174128)

also.. any way to view it without a tv... in Canada?

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