11-02-2015, 12:55 PM
I can't talk authoritatively about pirates like Popcorn Time and XBMC, but I know people who rarely watch anything else these days - and miss nothing. Not a thing. Indeed, it is my clear understanding that if a programme is aired on tv last night, it's up and running within hours, certainly by the next morning via these platforms for free. And further, these platforms are months ahead of Sky, terrestrial tv and others like Apple films etc in offering high definition movies - again for free. I further believe that any and adverts and promo's are automatically excised from all these offerings and one is not bombarded with this sort of crap ever.
It's a wonder anyone watches anything else these days...
For me it was an interesting thing here in the UK that whilst the Hollywood moguls tried their hardest to criminalize pirate services, in the end they couldn't. They were completely opposed by all the ISP's and copyright law itself. In the end a fudge was arrived at by the government who informally agreed with the top 6 ISP's who agreed to send out "naughty" letters, up to three times to their customers who stream pirate content - but after that nothing, nada, zilch, zero.
But I don't want Samsung imposing their adverts through their tv's that I've bought and paid for. They can fuck off on that. And any other manufacturer too.
PS, that would be Popcorn-Time 0.3.7.1 and XBMC now Kodi
It's a wonder anyone watches anything else these days...
For me it was an interesting thing here in the UK that whilst the Hollywood moguls tried their hardest to criminalize pirate services, in the end they couldn't. They were completely opposed by all the ISP's and copyright law itself. In the end a fudge was arrived at by the government who informally agreed with the top 6 ISP's who agreed to send out "naughty" letters, up to three times to their customers who stream pirate content - but after that nothing, nada, zilch, zero.
But I don't want Samsung imposing their adverts through their tv's that I've bought and paid for. They can fuck off on that. And any other manufacturer too.
PS, that would be Popcorn-Time 0.3.7.1 and XBMC now Kodi
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14