October 23, 2007
When 'piracy' is easier than legal purchase
Excerpts from an interesting C/net article dated September 13, 2007:
"Foreigners, due to the lengthy delay between a show airing in the US in markets abroad (and to the lack of pay-per-view options), have already been driven to illegal file sharing.
In Australia, where the broadcast of US shows is typically delayed between 22-30 months, many viewers have given up on waiting for their favorite shows to appear on the tube, and have instead turned to BitTorrent (or video sharing sites which offer streaming).
According to a report published in 2006, "Australians are responsible for 15.6 percent of all online TV piracy, bested only by Britain, which accounts for 38.4 percent. The US lags behind in third position at 7.3 percent." (maybe because they have so many other options to watch legally).
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