Is Hulu Driving People Back to Piracy?

Hulu caused quite a stir this week when, at the request of rights holders, it shut down Boxee’s access to its streaming video platform. From The New York Times.

... Now we’re witnessing the first shots be fired in what could become a full-blown war between NBC and FOX on one side and CBS on the other, with cable providers getting ready to open up a third front with their own offerings.

Licensing-based blackouts like the recent move by Hulu to disable content on TV.com, on the other hand, are starting to affect a growing audience that is just getting used to this new way of watching TV.

And it’s not like these folks don’t have any other convenient options. Applications like the Torrent Episode Downloader (TED) make it easy to subscribe to whole seasons of your favorite TV show via BitTorrent, and established TV torrent sites like EZTV even offer P2P streaming for immediate access.

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emily | 11:24 AM | News |
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