Yep, fair enough...

Tivo and PVR's are messing with that just as much I would have thought. I feel that it's much more of an issue with Film and Music.

Posted By: Dr Baker on October 22nd 2007 at 17:41:39

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All this effort to download and copy filums, (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 22, 17:15:42
- Hmmm free to download or £3 to rent (even more to buy) (General Chat) - scruffy, Oct 22, 18:01:48
- I like this (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 22, 17:30:10
- I use it more for TV that we miss. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 22, 17:20:14
  - y'see. ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓� ��↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓� �↓↓↓↓ (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:23:42
    - Possibly, but I do very much doubt it. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 22, 17:27:12
      - Nope. Hence why I said I wasn't sure I believed it (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:30:23
      - It hasn't killed anything (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 22, 17:27:41
    - If they are spending every evening in front of the (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 22, 17:27:11
  - But it takeas a lot more then 5 mins (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 22, 17:23:16
    - Well, yes. If we watch one Sopranos a week ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 22, 17:24:45
- but they're talking about whole tv series. At least 10 hours of viewing (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:19:13
  - Not really true for TV shows, unless... (General Chat) - Dr Baker, Oct 22, 17:28:58
    - Er no. They're funded by the channel that shows them (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:31:52
      - Yep, fair enough... (General Chat) - Dr Baker, Oct 22, 17:41:39
      - "So if everyone downloaded it off the web" (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 22, 17:38:33
        
        yes. I just couldn't be bothered to type all of that. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:41:33
        
        as long as the stealing is sufficiently tricky enough to be off-putting (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 22, 17:45:30
        
        I don't think it's a tipping point. It's a gradual thing. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:48:43
        
        "Because releasing records is now much less profitable, given illegal downloads" (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 22, 18:15:51
        
        I agree (General Chat) - The King of Prussia, Oct 22, 18:29:08
        
        Yeah, but to be fair, you only spent 23p on CDs before you started downloading (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 22, 18:40:52
        
        Apparently alongside the decline in CD sales (General Chat) - The King of Prussia, Oct 22, 18:51:00
        
        Hadn't heard that about live music (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 22, 18:58:30
        
        Why would that be a distortion? (General Chat) - The King of Prussia, Oct 22, 19:06:47
        
        Just musing really - bad choice of words... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 22, 19:16:13
        
        The thing that stuns me (General Chat) - The King of Prussia, Oct 22, 19:20:45
        
        Really? Weller's not involved is he? Thought it was just Foxton and the other one. (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 22, 19:31:35
        
        Indeed (General Chat) - The King of Prussia, Oct 22, 19:34:11
        
        is it not just also possible that they're signing less bands because (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 22, 17:55:35
        
        *off-putting for enough people to ensure that the producers endeavours are still profitabl (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 22, 17:47:58
      - but everyone doesn't (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 22, 17:34:05
        
        Well obviously. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:36:57
      - Except for the BBC (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 22, 17:33:02
        
        Indeed. Except they need to maintain decent viewing figures, (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:34:05
        
        Which brings me to the point - (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 22, 17:35:17
        
        they go to the pirate bay and look at how many people with a uk IP address are seeding CYE (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Oct 22, 17:43:22
  - At least things could be made and have an ending, not just dragged out (General Chat) - pants, Oct 22, 17:26:14
  - Wouldn't work with me. Even in the days of video, I can't (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 22, 17:25:42
  - i think only a bad economist would say that (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 22, 17:24:27
    - A mediocre hairdresser might say it too, you never know (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Oct 22, 17:32:54
    - go on......? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 22, 17:26:35
      - y'see this is why i didn't give a counter-argument... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 22, 17:35:51
        
        I'm their best mate - I don't even do that, (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 22, 17:38:03
        
        So, you're not consuming the product at all? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 22, 18:22:33

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