Craig wrote:
“No discovery here Bert. I told you I was downloading movies and shows from
Apple at the end of 2005. I cited this article to prove to you that the content
congloms were afraid of making their content available for free in the
2005-2007 timeframe.”
Apple is always a bad example, Craig. Apple has a habit of not supporting the
standards already in use, including DRM, to bolster their own walled in
ecosystem. Not at all surprising that Apple made people pay for episodes that
the TV networks were providing free. Too band it seems impossible to get exact
dates on this. Read again the article about the BBC iPlayer.
Don’t forget that when a conglom makes content available over their own web
sites, they ARE retaining control. So the comment about retaining control is
not the issue here.
“But they did not give their shows away via their own sites in 2006 or 2007. I
can't find the exact date they started to offer full episodes, and to date you
have not been able to do so either.”
The first sentence I quoted above does not follow from the second sentence.
OBVIOUSLY, Craig, painfully obviously, Hulu was “officially launched” Q1 2008,
so at the very latest, this content was available well BEFORE 2009. So please
don’t tell me when I began streaming full length episodes, Craig. You were
quite simply not paying attention. Or, similar to your arguments about the
“oligopoly,” your particular TV watching circumstances lead you to faulty
assumptions.
“Either provide us with evidence to the contrary or shut up.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Bert