A great example of all of this is what "a friend" of mine does to watch Big Bang Theory. CBS stupidly and shortsightedly blocks GoogleTV from watching full episodes on CBS.com, even though connecting a laptop or HTPC to a TV would allow it. So instead of watching CBS commercials, which they were more than willing to do, this person would spend 10 minutes trying to find a working MegaUpload copy to stream on MegaVideo. Now he just downloads them, which is even worse for the industry, since theoretically it hurts DVD sales more than streaming them.
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