> Owners have made a bad commercial move but it doesn't force people to pirate their content. [..]
And this piece, as-is:
> > And the only fault lies with the people who decided to pull SG1 (and other content) from Netflix.
> No. The only people responsible for pirating SG1 are the pirates. The owners of SG1 don't owe anything to Netflix viewers and they certainly didn't force the hands of anybody to pirate their content.
And then to my original argument (summarized) (and please note it's not about whether piracy harms sales or not):
> Netflix is a rental platform. Like the old DVD and VHS rental shops. And regularly some content gets pull off the shelves because they don't have the licensing fees. It's a pretty well known fact some movies and TV shows come and go on Netflix.
> > He/she wants to watch a series on a service he/she pays for.
> It's like complaining a vegan restaurant doesn't serve meat.
> There are a lot of comments on HN when this topic comes up that feel like people want their cake and eat it too "or else I'll just pirate, there's a gun to my head, they give me no choice".
I am still waiting for a valid example from you that proves people are/were forced to pirate SG1 content when content owners pulls them off Netflix.
Can you actually give one or do you simply refuse to admit you were wrong about that specific point and this ping pong thread will never end ?
> > 1. Their own fault
> Owners have made a bad commercial move but it doesn't force people to pirate their content. [..]
And this piece, as-is:
> > And the only fault lies with the people who decided to pull SG1 (and other content) from Netflix.
> No. The only people responsible for pirating SG1 are the pirates. The owners of SG1 don't owe anything to Netflix viewers and they certainly didn't force the hands of anybody to pirate their content.
And then to my original argument (summarized) (and please note it's not about whether piracy harms sales or not):
> Netflix is a rental platform. Like the old DVD and VHS rental shops. And regularly some content gets pull off the shelves because they don't have the licensing fees. It's a pretty well known fact some movies and TV shows come and go on Netflix.
> > He/she wants to watch a series on a service he/she pays for.
> It's like complaining a vegan restaurant doesn't serve meat.
> There are a lot of comments on HN when this topic comes up that feel like people want their cake and eat it too "or else I'll just pirate, there's a gun to my head, they give me no choice".
I am still waiting for a valid example from you that proves people are/were forced to pirate SG1 content when content owners pulls them off Netflix.
Can you actually give one or do you simply refuse to admit you were wrong about that specific point and this ping pong thread will never end ?