Re:Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Game of Thrones, Director Says
by Shivetya on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @08:19AM
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Being in the US I cannot just buy HBO; not that I would want to, I only want this show. To buy HBO requires me to buy a minimum package with either the cable or satellite companies.
that takes the cost of HBO and quadruples it if not more. I just received my legal copies of season two, it was 34.99 from Amazon. HBO could have had that money many months earlier if they would simply sell the show via iTunes or similar.
Re:Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Game of Thrones, Director Says
by mrgoldenbrown on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @11:07AM
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They could have their share of that 34.99, but they would lose more money in the process. https://twitter.com/HBO/status/210390531623227392
It's also discrimination by discrimination. I'm not in the US, even with ethics and wealth I do not have the option of buying HBO to watch Game of Thrones. My "legal" options are to 1. wait a year for the DVD box sets or 2. wait two years for a shitty dub
For some reason I can't quite put my finger on, all of these options not only suck hefty amount of balls but do so even more when the communities I interact with and share an interest in watch the episodes at or around release (also note, TV series communities don't maintain "spoiler alerts" for 2+ years after episode diffusion).