MPAA continue to defend their monopoly
May 14th, 2005 by HenMPAA killing TV program sharing (bbc article).
“Every television series depends on other markets-syndication - international sales - to earn back the enormous investment required to produce the comedies and dramas we all enjoy and those markets are substantially hurt when that content is stolen.”
Yet more attempts by the MPAA to keep a regionalized, enormously profitable industry under their firm control. If a show is not on in a country, we’re meant to wait until it is, if that lucky day should happen. If a program is broadcast, and we fail to see it, we’re meant to wait until the networks might deign to put a repeat on.