The service in theory shares the similarity in that they give you access to films, but I'm sure they all host plenty of other copyright infringed material, such as games, music, programmes, apps etc.
That is where the similarities end, it's not a legal service, none of the copyright holders are getting any part of it.
And the fact that it's not a legal service is the
only difference
If there was a legal service which provided the same content for a comparable cost, which service do you think people would prefer to use?
The only reason many people
pay for an illegal service to provide the content they want is because the legal option doesn't exist.
What?
Perhaps go look up the definition of the word and rethink that one eh?
You repeatedly state that they pay for it, therefore it is by its very nature not "free".
Further to that, why do you keep hanging up on them paying for it. They are only paying a fee because it gives them access to illegal material that they can download and keep forever, they are not paying for the content, nor is the content on it actually even advertised as part of the 'service'.
I'm "hanging up" on them paying for it, because you keep stating that people would rather get something for free than pay for it, and then in the same breath state that they
are paying for it. Either it's free or they are paying for it, like I said before, it
cannot be both.
Of course the content is advertised as part of the service - do you really think people would pay for nothing?
With regards to "they are not paying for the content" well, this is the same as with any rental service, you don't pay for the media/content you consume you are paying for the service. In the same way that when I pay my Lovefilm subscription, I'm not paying for the blu-rays, games and films I rent, I'm paying for the LoveFilm service.
To compare it back to LoveFilm, you can stream or rent the discs as a rental service based on what they currently have in their library. At no point am I keeping those forever.
And with a LoveFilm subscription, I could arguably keep the discs for as a long as I wanted also.
Netflix does.
LoveFilm no doubt will in future.
The HD selection on Netflix is minimal, and while LoveFilm may offer HD in the future, until they do, people who wish to watch HD content on demand will be forced to use illegal services,
no matter how much they wish to pay for or use legal services.
It's here that the entitlement factor comes in again. Unless you live on an oil rig or something, you likely could buy a film, rent it from a store, or wait for LoveFilm to deliver it... instead you would rather take it for free.
Actually I'd rather pay to legally stream it in HD, but that option isn't available so it's down to the next best thing.
And if piracy continues to grow without attempts to stop it, less content is produced, so who wins?
There's nothing wrong with attempts to stop piracy, it's just that the majority of attempts are all stick and no carrot.
If you keep your nose clean, what is there to fear?
Because no one's ever been falsely or mistakenly accused of something they haven't done before?
