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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
Do you want to know why there isn't an uproar? It's because people can simply pirate it. Why complain when you have instant easy access to something RIGHT NOW. The people who are complaining are the ones making and producing this content. They have two options. They can continue on with their heads in the sand wasting millions of dollars trying to prevent illegal downloading or they can adapt their business model and get themselves into the 21st century to try and make some money. Who do you blame for Blockbuster's bankruptcy? Their business tanked because they failed to see and to adapt to where the future of the industry was going. Likewise, if these studios can't see the writing on the wall then that's their problem.
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The thing about HBO is that piracy isn't really their problem - it's the cable company's problem. That's the beauty of it - HBO has their cash regardless of piracy.
But you're right - if the whole cable infrastructure as we know it now comes crashing down (which I readily admit is a distinct possibility), HBO will have to adapt. But I could see them licensing their content out to online streaming vendors a la Hulu/Netflix, or get into the streaming game themselves at that time, or whenever they see that shift as beneficial to them.