Comments on: SOPA, and content thieves: They both suck

By: Ian Howells

Ian Howells — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:43:51 +0000

Spot on, here. Either charge for your service or have it be ad supported – make up your mind. Making me watch ads *during* a service that I’m paying for is insulting.

I’d gladly pay more to have an uninterrupted viewing experience. At least make a top tier that costs more and has zero ads if the $10 a month isn’t enough.

By: Rishi Patel

Rishi Patel — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:24:46 +0000

Spot on Ian. Instead going and cryin’ about this to the government, record companies, movie studios, and the other behemoths should be focusing on innovating their business models to fit into the modern world.

By: David Rothwell

David Rothwell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:24:56 +0000

I had this same conversation with my 13 year old son in the car this morning, and even he gets it.

We’ve already been there too, right?

The world did not end with the invention of recordable media like cassette tapes and VCR’s.

Unique, original content will continue to be created, and should be celebrated and compensated.

But obviously, people are legitimately going to spread the word – that’s in the copyright owner’s own interest.

But, thieves should be detected and punished.

I don’t know what the definitive solution is, but this legislation doesn’t seem to go any further than stating these obvious truths.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:48 +0000

As an individual that creates content, I agree that you make very good points. Re: supporting Hulu— If Hulu decides to change their Plus otion to *completely* ad free, I’ll happily re-join their service.