Thank you. Glad you got there eventually.

Tell you what though. The failure of media companies to modernise with global consumption, and completely different laws in different countries on both streaming and consuming, make it a far more complex discussion. The entire thing needs to be revisited to suit the consumer's need. Have a few ideas on that, not that they help anybody.

Most people are happy to pay for streaming services if they are a realistic price. Services like Amazon, Netflix for example. iFollow. NFL Game Pass. Spotify / Deezer. iTunes Radio. I pay for at least 4 of those on a monthly basis.

However, to pay for all of them is extremely expensive (Hulu, Starz, Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime, Videoland and many many more) and you're paying for all the content to watch about 1% of it at most.

They need to find a way to remove the geoblocking and exclusivity and charge on demand across services. They are operating in the "walled garden" model which the modern world rejected back with fixed internet in the early 2000s.

In NL for example, I will pay for Netflix and then the series and movies end up about 2 months later (if they arrive at all) than US or UK Netflix because they insist on subtitling them first.

That kind of thing encourages people who are happy to pay for media consumption into consuming "illegally" simply because of availability.

Time to move on. It's a far bigger discussion that simply the current law. It's time companies looked at how the consumer wants to pay for their content, and the law should also understand that. Maybe hire some younger people with a better understanding of life in 2018.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on September 23rd 2018 at 00:46:29

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  - There there. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 23, 08:01:46
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  - That’s all about serving streams though isn’t it? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 22, 23:54:00
    - Fuck me (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 22, 23:56:40
      - Are you having a different discussion now then? I thought you were suggesting that (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 23, 00:01:50
        
        You have to be kidding (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 23, 00:05:22
        
        Law needs to move with the times. But back to the start. You started by suggesting that (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 23, 00:12:08
        
        Yes (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 23, 00:18:25
        
        Thank you. Glad you got there eventually. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 23, 00:46:29
        
        Yep 99%+ of my streams weren’t available (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 00:05:13
        
        Your conscience is easily cleared tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 23, 00:10:00
        
        Details. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Sep 23, 00:03:56
  - Hosting is the bent bit (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 23:52:33
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- You’ve got a bridge going? Hit me up mate. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 22, 23:41:21

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