ich hab ein bisschen zu dem thema herumgefragt, ein bisschen gegoogled - das ergebniss überrascht mich!
ich bin nicht besonders firm in der filesharing-szene, habe aber einen interessanten artikel gefunden, aus dem ich einige passagen zitiere (den link gebe ich auf wunsch gerne an, ist eine amerikanische seite, weiss aber nicht, ob das gewünscht ist):
The popularity of TV-to**ents hasn’t gone unnoticed. In fact, there are reports of TV-studios that allegedly use BitTo**ent as a marketing tool, by leaking unaired pilots intentionally. While the movie and music studios continue to fight their “war on piracy”, most of the TV-studios lay low.
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BitTo**ent’s popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by actors either. Masi Oka who plays Hiro Nakamura in the popular show “Heroes”, made some pro-BitTo**ent comments earlier this year. When he was in France to promote the series (before they aired), he was surprised to see how many people had already seen the show thanks to BitTo**ent. Oka said that BitTo**ent is a great promotion tool, but added “Hopefully, if they can buy the DVD after they watch it on BitTo**ent, that would be great.”
One of the members of **TV, the leading TV-to**ent distribution group, told To**entFreak in an earlier interview that he doesn’t think their work has a negative impact on the TV-industry either. “The only possible impacts can see are positive ones,” Boggibill said “it is free publicity, which may lead to higher ratings when people “discover” new shows and also larger numbers of DVD purchases - it is my understanding that many of the people that download TV shows from us are avid TV fans and will usually buy DVD boxsets of shows they like.”
A factor that plays a role in the rise of unauthorized downloading of TV-shows is that most people simply don’t see it as stealing. It is a signal that customers want something that is not available through other channels and it’s more about availability than the fact that it’s free. It’s not a threat, but more an opportunity.
im allgemeinen deckt sich das doch sehr mit meiner sichtweise und scheinbar brechen da einige verkrustete strukturen auf. ich hoffe, das fruchtet irgendwann, spätestens, wenn in den führungsetagen ein generationenwechsel vollzogen ist ..