[mythtv-users] Possible to make a recording request?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:35 PM, jedi wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:05:30AM -0800, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Nov 19, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Brian Wood wrote:
>>
>>> I always thought it made no sense for outfits to spend millions, if
>>> not
>>> billions, of dollars in transmission facilities, and perhaps even
>>> the launch
>>> of spacecraft, in order to blast a program to as many people as
>>> possible, and
>>> then spend more money to complain that people are duplicating it and
>>> furthering the distribution.
>>
>> You would understand if you were the one in that position and then  
>> saw
>> zero DVD/BluRay/iTunes/WhateverIsCoolThisDecade sales for that  
>> program
>> you spent millions creating. I've been directly affected by creations
>> distributed illegally. It's not fun seeing your work all over the
>> place and not getting a cent in return.
>
>   ...been there, seen that.
>
>   Stuff is pirated, stuff sells.
>   Stuff is pirated, stuff flops.
>
>   The pirated part is largely irrelevant.
>
>   Your competition is probably more of a threat than kids that
> collect stuff they might not ever even run/watch. They can make
> your work pretty much invisible with ads and retail end caps and
> such.


Yeah, you're right.