Netflix: We Can’t Buy “Game of Thrones” and “Dexter”

Ernesto
April 10, 2012
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game of thrones wall The Internet offers great opportunities for content creators.

Technically, everyone in the world could get access to the same content at once.

That’s kind of what piracy does.

Sounds great, but it also scares the heck out of industries such as the TV-business, as less exclusivity generally means less revenue.

A good example of this broadcast anxiety just came out in an article on Netflix’ library gaps.

No matter how much Netflix Inc. is willing to pay for the rights, some online video remains off-limits.

Major movie studios are refusing to license the rights to most of their latest movies at the same time they’re released on DVDs. Premium cable channels such as HBO and Showtime also are withholding their most popular series, including “Game of Thrones” and “Dexter,” because they are worried about losing subscribers if the content is available on Netflix’s less expensive Internet service.

In other words, HBO and Showtime are more worried about losing money through Netflix than decreasing piracy.

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http://www.twitter.com/echoman74 echoman

Arrogance.
- Sdfsdf
  
  Now they are losing people to rss downloaders as more and more invest in htpc’s running some kind of mediacenter.
Anyone

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
this has to be reposted ;)
- Anonymous
  
  my friend’s ex-wife brought in $12772 past month. she makes money on the computer and moved in a $520000 home. All she did was get lucky and work up the guide laid out on this site… http://onlinemoneycampaign.blogspot.in/
- Anonymous
  
  Funny thing is… that’s _exactly_ what happened. Twice! I desperately *want* to pay for GoT. It’s so awesome – I want to give them money so they make more of it. I tried just like the guy in oatmeal last year, for S01.
  
  I made another effort today to see if maybe S02 was on iTunes… nope; Hulu… nope; Netflix.. nope. HBO Go… not _really_.
  
  I am not in the USA but I have the US credit card, the VPN, etc. Can’t. Be. Done. I cannot buy this for love or money. What other product is like that? I can order anything from the USA, if not directly then via shipito.com.
  
  Looking forward to the day when one of the streaming services starts to produce their own high quality content and sells it instantly, and world-wide. HBO will be no more at that time – a victim of its antiquated business model.
Guest

Fuck Netflix. It’s not in available on Linux. FUCK YOU BIG CONTENT
- Yfguur
  
  l0l…
  Look! A linux user crawled out of his cave!
  - Jepedow
    
    SHHHH… dont scare him away, just observe him in his habitat
  - Abunchofgibberish
    
    Yeah, it’s 1998. What does this guy think he’s doing? Using a computer, raising legitimate concerns about the availability of one of the most widely-used streaming services on the internet to users of an increasingly popular operating system. The nerve of some people.
    - http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell
      
      Increasingly popular? Boy, pull your head outta your ass! Linux is nowhere near being ‘increasingly popular’. In fact, since Windows 8 ConPre came out? Linux usage has dropped.
    - Danny
      
      Linux is actually always increasing in popularity but there are obvious issues with working out how many people use it.
      
      As an example my parents own a pub in a fairly backwards part of the UK, 5 years ago no body there even new what an operating system was, now you hear people (non computer geeks) speaking about Linux so in my opinion its growing a lot faster than people think.
      
      I should remind you that all the biggest web servers on the web host on Linux. Microsoft have recently committed code to the Linux kernel to get Linux to work within their virtual machine, so Microsoft even acknowledge the power and popularity of Linux.
      
      All of the best free software on the net comes from Linux users, think firefox, chrome, VLC, FFMPEG, xVid, x264, …. the list goes on.
    - Facefuck
      
      Christopher Kidwell you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Linux on the desktop is on the rise. Android phones all run the linux kernel, linux is used widely across the server industry (in fact without linux we probably wouldn’t be communicating now). Yes windows on the desktop may be more polished but it also costs money, not only that but the code is closed source so if I want to modify it im shit out of luck. I like linux, I find a way to run everything I need and I am much happier than I was on windows. Also your argument is invalid because increasingly popular is not the same as increasing market share.
    - XP Forever
      
      7 fanboi: XP users should learn to adapt
      8 fanboi: 7 users should learn to adapt you pot kettle black
      
      Normal thinking person: I use Windows XP cuz I do not need a toy. Productivity, friendly interface and to get things done fast is what really matters (reality check). Ignore the 2 morons above
    - Huddel
      
      As a developer involved in linux projects, let me undo some misconceptions:
      
      First: Linux is just a kernel, not an operational system by itself, period. I doubt most of you would be willing to use it and just command line everything.
      
      Second: Android is not linux, the kernel may be the same but there’s enough shit over it that makes it completely different from an usability, trademark and branding point of view – the only ones who think it’s linux are fanboys.
      
      Third: Android on the desktop basically doesn’t exist – tablet’s are their own beast together with mobile – if Netflix for android shows up one day, it’ll be as an app, not as something the general distro user will be able to get.
      
      Fourth: Linux growth happens only in the server and embedded systems, not on desktop. It still keeps that 1% of usage only by hardcore users and tech people in desktop and it’s a MINORITY not worth supporting as the investment to develop for linux will most likely not pay out in a non-server or embeded environment.
      
      Fifth: The best software comes from whoever is willing to spend time, effort and resources to make it. The “free software” model allows people to match the development capability that otherwise would need huge funding. That said, the biggest opensource projects often fulfill one of the following conditions:
      a) multi-platform with huge appeal for users (domestic and/or corporate);
      b) technical excellence because of capable developers who moderate the usually shit that is the contribution of the average user;
      c) has corporate sponsorship;
      d) Are good propaganda and look good in the curriculum of whoever are the main developers who maintain the code.
      All the projects said above fulfill at least three conditions, and I’m not even getting into the the area that most open-source projects are server-side tools and made by big tech corporation’s themselves, such as oracle, sun, RHE and *gasp* even Microsoft and Apple!
      
      Sixth: That said, open-source does not equals to linux, period. As long as the code is licensed under an open-source license, it doesn’t matter if it was developed with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or whatever.
    - Libreman
      
      Huddel, as a “developer involved in linux projects” you could notice that your first 2 points contradict each other.
      
      First you say that Linux is just a kernel – which is correct (when people say “Linux” what they actually mean to say is “Linux based distribution”)
      And right after that you say that Android which uses the said kernel is not Linux!
      
      So which is it? Vanilla kernel can now run Android so it IS Linux in the same sense as Debian or Ubuntu are “Linux”.
      
      But nonetheless the point is moot – the fact is that without Linux there would be no Android. I’m using Linux right now, have not used Windows in 4 years – not even in the work, and I’m quite happy with it. Freedom rulez ;)
    - Huddel
      
      Libreman, sorry if I’ll sound rude, but you are in denial. Serious, Android is not Linux, the same way Mac OSX is not NExtSTEP/Unix.
      
      The user experience is completely different, and from a branding point of view Google does whatever it takes to distance itself from linux as much as it can from a brand perspective to not get associated with the idea that people have of linux being hard and for nerds.
      
      The fact it is one of the underlying aspects of the system may cause the ocasional fanboy to point out: “OH LOOK, LINUX!” but the thing is burried so deeply that no one would care – and to be honest, it has ts own fair share of modifications that it’s not even the same kernel, at best it’s a fork of the code; (many of the google’s contributions to the kernel recently were denied, and those were mostly android’s new code that is already running on devices), Hell, it doesn’t support a lot of GNU libraries that makes porting a program from a linux a hard task.
      
      I may be wrong here, but I’m betting that in 10 years or so, the two kernels will be so different that, while it’ll probably be open source, I doubt the android kernel will be compatible with linux at all. Of course, other people, like Linux Torvalds, says that Linux and Android will probably come back to have a common kernel in 5 years or so, but not anytime soon. As much as the man is an authority and I’m not, I disagree with him.
      
      It’ll be like the Quake Engine from idTech and the Source engine from Valve – yeah, the second was based on the first and we can still see a few things here and there that cleary were preserved or built upon on Carmack’s work, but no one dare’s to say that the two are the same.
    - http://twitter.com/icanhazsake Ninja
      
      @Christopher Kidwell: pull YOUR head out of your ass. I don’t use Linux because it’s a hassle to keep switching operational systems whenever I need something that’s Windows only (oh the games) and Wine won’t run it properly. If some1 releases a tool (Wine like) right now that emulates Windows programs perfectly in the Linux environment and publishers start releasing their software with a Linux version included I can guarantee a skyrocketing Linux usage. Microsoft knows it. Microsoft fears it.
    - Sdfsdf
      
      Actually if you say a htpc is a desktop it would be getting more popular.
      xbmcbuntu
- Anonymous
  
  why do you say that you know there is a version of silverlight for linux now right?
  http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
  guess what then u can watch netflix
  or just install the android emulator and watch it on there.
  - timschmidt
    
    Silverlight does not implement any of the DRM functions necessary to run the Netflix streaming movie player.
    - Lorna
      
      Well guess you didnt look to hard at the windows version is powered by silverlight and is coded in c# against .net 2.0 and 3.5 depending on the version of windows you connect with.
    - Anonymous
      
      I think you meant to say Moonlight (Silverlight for Linux) doesn’t implement any if the DRM features Netflix requires to operate.
- Abunchofgibberish
  
  I find it hard to believe that there’s no way to get Netflix to stream on any mainstream Linux distribution.
  - Ass
    
    Last i checked, there was.
    
    XBMC apparently has a netflix app you can find, and it also runs on linux.
    
    HEY LOOK, NETFLIX ON LINUX. WOULD YOU LOOKIT THAT.
    - Anonymous
      
      The Netflix plugin for XBMC simply loads the same Silverlight browser plugin, which doesn’t work on Linux, so no, no Netflix on Linux yet.
    - Danny
      
      No you can’t.
      
      Apparently the Devs are working on it as they are all Linux users.
- Siphyn87
  
  Netflix works just fine on my galaxy nexus. What’s the problem :P
- Veggie
  
  Many things are not available on Linux.
  
  Wonder why.
  - Danny
    
    Because of the corporate machine and nothing more.
    Companies are slowly waking up though.
    
    Anything not on Linux is not worth using!
    - Anonymous
      
      It’s more like, there’s just no money in it. A small market full of people who expect to get stuff for free. What do you expect?
      
      iOS is the opposite: A big market full of people only one click away from a purchase.
      
      Which one would I develop for… hmm… tough choice!
    - Danny
      
      @orthorim:disqus
      
      Really? Because they developed a client for Chrome OS which is Linux based? Obviously they can see the market potential that you can’t.
      
      iOS is actually still a very small market compared to real computers so your logic should be that the Linux desktop would get it before iOS?
      
      But anyway Linux is not ‘a market full of people who expect things for free’ its a community of people who enjoy the liberation that free and open source software brings.
- Darling_dumplings
  
  “Rabble, Rabble!! I’m angry at technology and hate to invest time reading more before posting.”
  You Sir disappoint me.
  Silverlight for Linux –> http://maketecheasier.com/install-and-run-silverlight-in-linux/2010/10/02
  Linux Netflix How to –> http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_watch_Netflix_(Watch_Instantly)_in_Linux
  
  If you can’t follow these instructions please consider buying an OS.
  - Danny
    
    Facepalm!
    
    You still cannot run Netflix under Linux with either of your links.
    
    First link will obviously not work.
    The second link is running windows within a VM.
Anonymous

This is why the content industry is a bunch of retards. If people want to get their fat fingers on Dexter they will torrent, ftp, or find it in any other way to get what they want. Instead of that “lost revenue”, they could have gotten it via Netflix which is totally legal and they wouldn’t have lost out. I don’t get, why they just don’t get it?
- Anyone
  
  because they could potentially get more!
  more is better!
  
  they just don’t understand that it doesn’t work that way, people want their content digital, on all devices they own and watchable whenever they want, not being restricted by stuff like air time or region
  - Guest
    
    For me airtime is the issue.
    Doesn’t matter if I’m paying for HBO and premium cable, I still be downloading the stuff I care about because I can’t schedule life and work around a show.
    Though I’m probably losing “potential views” from the show I already payed for and being labeled a thief for downloading it.
    - Anonymous
      
      That!
      
      More than anything else, I like the convenience of watching stuff whenever I like. Download. Done. I might put it on my iPad for that long flight that’s coming up. I might keep it on my laptop to watch at the hotel. I might put it on my USB HDD and watch on my HD TV. I might get interrupted, pause it, and continue watching it days later.
- saff
  
  They probably did think about it and then came to the conclusion that they were likely to lose more money by allowing Netflix to show their content. They believe that they would lose more money from canceled subscriptions than they would lose from piracy.
  I don’t know if they’re right or wrong about that but they do have a point. If you only want a few shows and are willing to pay then why not go with Netflix instead of paying for HBO and Showtime? Maybe they think most pirates won’t pay for the channels or for Netflix and the few who would pick Netflix over piracy wouldn’t amount to much revenue for them.
  - Abunchofgibberish
    
    Precisely.
  - Anonymous
    
    Yes but it’s short sighted. I strongly believe that the best business model is to give customers what they want. They want the show on Netflix? Then you have two choices:
    - Don’t provide it in the hopes it will keep customers roped in to your “package” which contains 95% stuff that those who are paying for it never watch, and don’t want.
    - Provide it and price it to make money
    
    Choosing #1 will keep existing revenue but lead to a slow exodus as more choices become available. Example True Blood went to Hulu, my friend cancelled her expensive cable and got Hulu instead. Gradually, that’s what everyone will do, depending on the shows they want to watch etc. If HBO had a monopoly on all content people want to watch they could get away with it. But they don’t.
    
    These are dinosaurs unwilling to change – and it’s going to cost them everything.
- Andrew
  
  or you could subscribe to their channel for 10 a month and drop the dvd part of netflix.
  
  GOT is worth subscribing to HBO alone. Or you could buy their DVD for 25 bucks. HBO created something unique, invested a shitload of money into production values and you say “they are not giving it away to the masses! they want to make their money back AND turn a profit!”
  
  I understand if your concern is that you would have to buy a digital copy on top of DVD/BD but this is a product that is being sold. Just because you dont want to buy it/cant buy it/cant afford it/want it does not mean you can just torrent/steal it.
  
  I hate the MPAA as much as the next guy, but common, complaining about this is just stupid
  - http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole
    
    It sounds like you’re responding to a different comment than what’s presented. We’re discussing its availability on netflix. nobody’s talking about stealing anything.
    
    Anonymous is not the Oatmeal (or maybe he is, I guess)
  - Tiesha
    
    all good till u got here “I understand if your concern is that you would have to buy a digital copy on top of DVD/BD but this is a product that is being sold. Just because you dont want to buy it/cant buy it/cant afford it/want it does not mean you can just torrent/steal it.”
    
    It will show up online now faster than if it were on netflix because they are limiting quanity = rarity (um millions of hbo/skenemax users only) which then some will rip it and upload it to net so others can see it. If ppl like it, they will find some way to compensate somehow either now or later. Think of it like this, I have torrented, ed2k/kad I prefer however, and even 1 click filehosed downloaded lots of movies and uploaded alot. I have also purchased over 1 thousand in my lifetime & even got some which I can obtain via any otehr means however I purchased them b/c they are something I like to have (even though I may have seen a downoloaded version or as I do it rip the dvd as soon as I can when i buy it. (I buy anywhere from 10-100 at a time so sometimes it takes a while. Heck I even purchases 78 cd’s in 2 days after I bought 27, I looked the rest up and they are not avalable anywhere, so I went back and bought the rest. I plan on ripping them and scanning the covers and uploading them so the rest of the world can see the dvd/cd’s. Some ppl will like it, some will not. Others will also go out and buy them if they can find them possibly.
    
    Ok! so bottom line, sharing is not stealing, I did not steal 78 music cd’s or 1k videos I purchased nor did I steal the ones I downloaded because the person still has a copy whoever I downloaded it from, and what I uploaded, I still have a copy and even purchased lots of cd’s in last month (78) to rip to put on ipod and share with rest of world and videos.
    
    Stealing is to deprive another of something, copying is to make another of something. so by ur logic 1+1=0 …. when its really 1+whatever shared =more.
  - Fredrika
    
    > “Just because you dont want to buy it/cant buy it/cant afford it/want it does not mean you can just torrent/steal it.”
    
    First of all you never steal when you manufacture a copy with your own property, that you own, as people filesharing does.
    
    Secondly, whether or not something is for sale, what one can afford, or wants to buy, has no relevance whatsoever regarding if you can torrent something. If it’s possible, you can. It is possible and that’s the way it’s going to continue to be.
    
    But i assume you mean if it’s ok to do it or not. And that is decided by if there exists any legitimate prohibition against such action in the law or not, and it doesn’t.
    
    The non-profit parts of the copyright monopoly which prohibits some filesharing in some countries in the world, far from all, is not made up of legitimate legislation, so therefore it’s completely ok to torrent for whatever reason you see fit.
    
    Legitimate legislation is something that is based on documented verifiable evidence that supports the thesis that a problem exists for society in the first place with filesharing. Such evidence does not exist and has never been produced during the last 40 years.
    
    Secondly, the prohibition in the legislation must also in verifiable documented evidence be proven to be functioning and equal for all people. Again the non-profit parts of the monopoly fails. It’s completely useless, and it’s technically impossible to bring those to justice who has the least bit of knowledge of how to make themselves untouchable for copyright infringement charges.
    
    And finally the upholding of the prohibition must in verifiable documented evidence be proven to constitute a proportionate intrusion into people humans rights, and there it fails altogether since #1 and #2 already failed.
    
    That’s why the non-profit parts of the copyright monopoly is made up of illegitimate legislation, something that they are very keen on in dictatorships.
    
    Fileshare away, it’s completely ok.
    - Cybrid
      
      You are Absolutely right.
    - just the tip
      
      Great post. Well said, and accurate.
  - just the tip
    
    “…but this is a product that is being sold. Just because you dont want to buy it/cant buy it/cant afford it/want it does not mean you can just torrent/watch it.”
    
    Um, yes it does. Obviously it does. Thats why the elite are currently doing it. Also, i fixed the end of that quote, so that it does not contain misinformation. Your welcome. And get it right next time..
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IZ5BM5GNLA54OADSWGSXAMA7SY Jay
  
  Premium cable channels such as HBO and Showtime also are withholding their most popular series, including “Game of Thrones” and “Dexter,” because they are worried about losing subscribers if the content is available on Netflix’s less expensive Internet service.
  
  Translation: We want to lose money on other services because we don’t know how to monopolize other opportunities in front of us.
  - Abunchofgibberish
    
    They can’t really monopolize this content industry when their competitor is capable of providing content from multiple studios and networks at a lower price. HBO is only capable of licensing their own content. Showtime as well.
    
    The lesson to learn here is that HBO and Showtime should have never created an in-house streaming service to begin with, but instead should maybe have partnered with Netflix or Hulu to distribute their content to the massive audiences those two services already have. Many folks would probably even be fine paying a small, additional fee for a “premium” Hulu/Netflix subscription to channels like HBO and Showtime on top of the regular monthly fee to those websites. It worked for the cable industry for years.
- Abunchofgibberish
  
  Sure, tons of people will just download the show, but most file-sharing types are just going to pirate it anyway. Making it available on Netflix for a lower cost than what they’re charging doesn’t necessarily pose a greater loss, but an additional loss. Plenty of “mainstream” consumers still don’t understand that the alternate route when content is unavailable on Hulu or Netflix is to download the content using P2P services, and many more still simply don’t want to bother with it.
  
  Also, there’s the fact that HBO does offer an on-demand streaming service of its own. If they intend for that service to thrive at all, making their most in-demand content available at a competitor’s site for a lower price is antithetical.
  Yes, I know fewer people would pirate it if it were on Netflix, but what kind of numbers are we talking? It’s not really a measurable figure.
  
  And again, many people with the knowledge and means to download the shows via P2P will still download the show anyhow for the convenience factor. I’ve downloaded plenty of things that I could have streamed on Netflix (for instance, if I knew I would be somewhere with limited/no access to the Internet, or if I wanted to watch HD content somewhere with lower bandwidth than I have at home).
  - Anonymous
    
    I think this is absolutely wrong.
    
    We live in a world of 6Bn people. Those reading tech blogs and knowing how to torrent things are a infinitesimally small minority. They are neither the problem, nor the solution for big content. Their stealing doesn’t affect HBO, if they all paid it would be a drop in the bucket.
    
    What *is* hurting HBO (and others) is withholding product from people who want said product. They must find ways to sell what they have to those that want it – and a way that has zero friction.
    
    If I have to sign up for a big cable package – that’s a huge deterrent. If I can’t watch when not in the USA – a huge deterrent. Et cetera. Make it available to all comers, with one click purchasing, and you’ve unlocked millions of potential sales to people who know nothing about torrenting.
Netflix

Netflix is a fucking joke anyway. This was one of those services I thought might be a good idea and I tried it. I used free trial and then I paid for one month, then I cancelled.

All the decent movies are dvd titles only which means an extra pay service, on top of their streaming service. I wont use them again.
- Nadia
  
  while it may not be suitable for you, I can locate several satisfied clients, although it would not be for me either. I would rather download/buy my items than netflix because of the wider category but many people are satisfied with netflix and like the category and selection they have.
http://twitter.com/Mathew30 Mathew Lisett

if i have this correct a lot of idiots on here are actually having a go at netflix, when they have done fuck all wrong and have actually shown why piracy is still alive and kicking, and thats becuase the industry itself is a greedy motherfucker with control.
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Mwhahaha

I tried netflix for a few weeks and it was *awful*. It was a cash back offer to try it. I got £15 once I’d watched 5 hours of their content.

It was all films from 15 years ago, b-movies from 30 years ago, TV from forever ago. Who pays £7 (or whatever) a month for that needs a whack round the back of the head for being dumb.

If netflix did carry all the latest shows I like and more films from the last 2 years then I’d be signing up for it. Torrenting stuff is a pain in the ass at times and I’d prefer to pay for things, I just don’t want to have to pay lots of money for 150 channels, when I don’t want 99.9% of their crap.

As it was, I struggled to find 5 hours of films I wanted to watch. In the end, on the final day I ran 3 films, only going back to the PC to start the next one up each time.

One of the worst internet services ever.

However they did pay my cashback promptly.

That’s £15 towards a VPN…
- Danny
  
  I use netflix and pay the £6 a month.
  
  Most of the films are old yes but it reminds me of the old video rental shops we used to have. You dig for a while and eventually find something that you will enjoy. There is more recent stuff there too and lots of TV series (we even get 4 series of dexter in the UK).
  
  Mind you if I can’t find the film I want I just download a copy from my favorite tracker.
2L4O

dear smug ones .. they are coming for your torrents.
- http://nomaningme.myopenid.com/ Noman
  
  They’ve been coming for eleven years. What’s keeping them?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Nagy-Peter/538594673 Nagy Peter

Awesome, love the show. Just found a parody for Game of Thrones, called Game of Toilets, bwahahah :D http://www.amazon.com/Game-Toilets-Thrones-Parody-ebook/dp/B007SPCJWC
http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole

Of course they’re more concerned with profit ;loss from streaming options than they are with piracy; there’s no evidence to support that piracy has a detrimental effect on sales.
- Anon
  
  actually … i was going to pirate something … no one was seeding it … so i purchased it.
  
  :S
  - http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole
    
    Anecdotal evidence notwithstanding, profits are higher than ever for the content industry. Internet sharing has resulted in more exposure to culture, and more exposure results in greater sales. No artist needs to worry about piracy as much as they need to worry about anonymity.
Fuck

hbogo is amaze why they don’t sell it for a monthly fee is beyond me.
Guest

There loss, if the bureaucratic BS wasn’t part of the equation I would be happy to sign up for netflix instead of watching the tube online. I would much rather watch my anime from my cellphone than glued to the couch for 10-15 hours. Thats why i have cruncyroll, there’s an app for that. vote pirate party!
Get Holly

How about they offer their own content online? HBOGO is not available unless you have a subscription with a cable provider. Retards.
Fuckyou

Oh shitty, I guess I’ll have to download the second season illegally as well…
WheresYourEditor

No. Those companies are just ALSO worried about Netflix bringing down they’re bottom line. Your logic is wrong and this story has nothing to do with piracy at all. So Netflix is on the internet and most piracy is on the internet so this has something to do with piracy? Again. No. That makes this article propaganda and is why no one takes this site seriously. Way to make it about you though. Just Lame.
- Danny
  
  Shutup you faggoty troll!
Guest

Because they’re so worried about losing subscribers, they drive subscribers away from legitimately paying and driving them towards torrenting episodes. Smart move, dumbasses.
Derp

Yarr harr fiddle dee dee
Bein’ a pirate is alright with me
Do what you want ’cause a pirate is free
You are a pirate.
Anonymous

That’s odd because I’ve never had a problem finding online streams of any of those shows.
David D’

Watch unlimited movies & TV episodes over the Internet!
For one low monthly price.

so this is the only alternative to illegal streams besides “not available in your country”

I’m still waiting a free google-tv with shitload of ads and mandatory privacy violation tools
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My Ding A Ling

What’s Netflix?
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Guest

That’s OK. I have every episode of Game of Thrones and Dexter. Didn’t have to subscribe to anything. Viva la PIRATEBAY!!!!!
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DAVID MAN

I ALWAYS NEVER PAY FOR MOVIES AND SHOWS
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Ariesx222

It’s understandable why the companies are doing that, HBO and Showtime both offer their own services and don’t want to help out their competitors.

And I don’t think piracy costs companies as much money they claim.
http://profile.yahoo.com/5NMJDOLIKDCUVDQKIOHLK2GOXU John R

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1oldman

As 1oldman from pre-DOS days, for those that commented on Linux, I believe that you may have forgotten that Mac is base on the Linux kernel as well. No, Mac isn’t Micro$oft and yes M$ rules the OS game. And no I prefer to use a GUI over command line but with either M$ of Mac any of us that dive under the cover of either will end up using command line regardless.
Anonymous

HBO might be right, because downloading, not a whole lot of people do it. my brother is poor but rather buys the dvd than watches it for free from a usb stick cos he can’t be bothered to learn how to do that …………. it’s sad, I know.
Mo0rk

Worried about lost revenue ‘cos of lost cable subscriptions????! If they actually bothered to take a look at the level of piracy that GoT has suffered, they would understand that they would actually be looking at INCREASED profits even with the reduced price of a streaming service.

I’ve seen many of the downloaders comment that they would love to PAY for the show and are dismayed over the lack of availability. And if they DID make HBO Go a streaming service available to anyone online, they would also gain customers who do not understand how to torrent a tv show too. They have everything to gain and nothing to lose if you ask me, the time has come to ditch cable tv, the internet is the future with rapidly increasing bandwidth.

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