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Realistically, many shows will never make it to my country. So my two choices, in fact, are: 1) Don't watch it. 2) Watch it. It's not that I'm cheap or impatient. It's not even that I'm lazy (though I am), unless you count not being willing to move to the US.


Same is true for citizens living in the U.S. with regards to BBC and CBC shows like Dragon's Den. I really like to watch BBC docs, but I don't feel the need to go and download them illegally or anything. There's a lot of great stuff from all over the world that USA people can't watch.

I really don't understand the entitled argument. I don't get why consumers feel they are owed the right to be entertained by any particular piece of digital media.

Why not just watch something else? There's plenty of good stuff out there that can be obtained within the rules. Why not argue for all the legal options rather than the entitlement option?


Turn that around. I have a friend in America who wants to show me one of their shows, perhaps so we can talk about it afterwards. Why shouldn't she?

Because it's illegal? Lots of things are, that's not persuasive in itself.




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