Comments on: Friends Don’t Let Friends Subscribe To HBO http://davisfreeberg.com/2010/01/24/friends-dont-let-friends-subscribe-to-hbo/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dale Dietrich http://davisfreeberg.com/2010/01/24/friends-dont-let-friends-subscribe-to-hbo/comment-page-1/#comment-215206 Dale Dietrich Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:48:38 +0000 http://davisfreeberg.com/?p=1770#comment-215206 Terrific piece. As a lawyer its difficult for me to say it, but piracy is the most likely method by which these restrictive practices will one day end. The music industry learned the hard way. So too will HBO. Hopefully sooner than later. ...Dale Terrific piece. As a lawyer its difficult for me to say it, but piracy is the most likely method by which these restrictive practices will one day end. The music industry learned the hard way. So too will HBO. Hopefully sooner than later.

…Dale

]]> By: Fanfoot http://davisfreeberg.com/2010/01/24/friends-dont-let-friends-subscribe-to-hbo/comment-page-1/#comment-215203 Fanfoot Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:13:46 +0000 http://davisfreeberg.com/?p=1770#comment-215203 HBO is the most tight fisted DRM-loving company in the business. Not sure why you think they would react differently than they have. They'll be the last to embrace the digital revolution. Personally I think these so-called movie channels are doomed, given the availability of movies thru On Demand as well as Internet Streaming on sites like Hulu or Fancast. Why would I pay for an expensive channel like HBO if they don't have content unique to them every month of the year? Without the Sopranos, I think HBO is in a slow death spiral, they just don't know it yet. HBO is the most tight fisted DRM-loving company in the business. Not sure why you think they would react differently than they have. They’ll be the last to embrace the digital revolution. Personally I think these so-called movie channels are doomed, given the availability of movies thru On Demand as well as Internet Streaming on sites like Hulu or Fancast. Why would I pay for an expensive channel like HBO if they don’t have content unique to them every month of the year? Without the Sopranos, I think HBO is in a slow death spiral, they just don’t know it yet.

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