Piracy Good For Television Shows Says GAME OF THRONES Director

its the only way i get to see all the american shows,i've got virgin media but i haven't got sky atlantic to watch game of thrones but i've got fx channel but you have to wait a week longer to see the walking dead & true blood you have to wait a few months after the original us air date.

so i download all the shows i'm interested in.

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success in not money, is popularity, distribution. But we all know what the big Tv stations think about this as many really cool shows get cancelled while some pitiful stuff go on forever. its always about money anyway we turn

I think all tv shows should just work through a netflix type system anyways. Another big reason people watch the pirated shows is because they can watch at any time, not just on whatever day the show is on. An official online system would be great for this. Especially if a person hears about Game of Thrones when the second season is going to start up. They would either have to try to catch reruns in the correct order, buy the season for probably about $50 (tv seasons are so damn expensive!), or watch them online. Most people who know how to will just watch them online.

I pay for the channels that air (most) of the shows I like in the UK but they often come out way after the US so I d/load them when they come out. So they're still getting my money. Also d/loads often have the adverts removed and as I hate having to watch adverts on tv that I pay for already I prefer the downloaded version, otherwise I have to record and then constantly forward the ads. Also I can just watch the d/load version on my laptop while my g/f watches tv. Also, with TV shows that I like once the show has ended I normally go out and buy the box set, so I don't see any problems with d/loading it when it's newly aired in the US.

I only do it for the shows that doesn't air here or air too late. And lets face it, if its a good show you would want to see it right when it airs so it doesn't really make much difference. And as for movies, no one wants to bother going to theater to watch boring movies, they either wait for DVDs or download them or download it to watch it 2nd time. I never download a movie that just released in theaters and despair myself to watch it in low quality.

If piracy is really killing the industry, then tell me how Hollywood made a record $10.8 billion at the box office last year.

Props to you, David Petrarca. You're not full of bullshit like most of Hollywood.

I downloaded it, then bought the DVD's and the books.
I would like some action figures too...

I'm not entirely sure how TV shows make money. I guess it's from advertising, and then home media sales. All I can say is, if it weren't for piracy, I'd never have been able to watch Breaking Bad. Now that I've watched the first season, I'm hooked, but I've decided to wait until the entire series is released as a box set so I can buy it and pay fairly to watch it all in one go. So, I guess piracy is another form of advertising. Try before you buy, if you will.

With regards to movies, I despise the idea of piracy as it means the movie industry loses money and suffers, and the place the movie industry gets its money from is ticket sales and home media releases. However, I think if you've bought a copy of a movie, for example a DVD, and you've lost it, then you should be able to watch it for free or download it for free online, because you did pay for it. The same goes for when studios double-dip by rereleasing new versions of a movie, I guess. I own all the Star Wars films on blu-ray, but they're not the theatrical versions - they're George Lucas' most recently edited ones. If I want to watch Star Wars as it was originally released, then I'm not going to buy it again - I'm going to try and watch it online.

The main negative of piracy is when people copy films or TV shows en mass, and then sell them, making their own profits and seriously harming the industries. If it's for private use only, and is only done in fair circumstances (like the ones I described above), then I think it should be allowed.

Also, I think piracy is also OK if the movies are in the public domain. There's a list of films released between the 1920s and 1940s or something which haven't been copyrighted. If nobody owns the right to that property (and since they're so old, it's not like we're stealing money from the people who made the movies), then I think they're fair game.

I think maybe there's also a grey area when a film just finishes it's theatrical run and hasn't yet been released on home media, and the only way to watch it in that time would be through piracy. But if there's a payable option, then I think it should be payed for, because it is technically stealing. It's not the fact that letting one person here or there do it "won't hurt the industry", it's the fact that others will then demand the right to that thing for free as well, and then the people who made it can't get money for their work.

Films are a luxury item - they're not necessities like food, clothing or shelter, you know? Everyone is entitled to the necessities as basic human rights, and really should be given the basics for free. But luxury items are things that aren't needed to survive, and so they should really be payed for most of the time.

I'm OK,I've got Emmerdale Farm to keep me going.

So.....as far as piracy goes (i work in infosec so im curious)...i would love to know...Is its wrong in your opinion? or are their grades? Dubbing and selling vs Seeding Torrents vs Download for personal use..all the same 'crime' in everyone's eyes?

It's always a fascinating moral quandary for me. I work in both music and comics and I go out of my way to support the things that I enjoy, urging that fans do the same. The excuses of "they're rich enough" or "oh well I buy SOME things from that company" or "I'll just go see them in concert" do very little to support the creators morally or financially.

On the other hand, cable television is NOT in my budget currently, but a Netlfix subscription IS. Some things I can be patient for a year for them to be released. Other shows I lose my mind and go out of my way to avoid things like, say, Walking Dead spoilers (impossible here, ha!). Once in a blue moon I will spring for a "season pass" to Breaking Bad or something else. No commercials, next to no wait, and it shows the network that I want them to please keep producing great quality stuff.

There have been a lot of shows on HBO that were cancelled because there wasn't enough support (Carnivale, Deadwood). That was NOT due to pirating, but how else am I to let HBO know, without being able to afford premium cable, that I want them to keep making these great programs? I don't want to live in a world where Mad Men gets contracts for 8 seasons but Breaking Bad almost had to find a new home on another channel.

People I know all too well how easy it is to STEAL, but there's NO justification. Like the things you like, and SUPPORT the things you like, HELP the creators you love. Own and Own Up.

lol, Good. Cause I have Both seasons on my computer.