Now I'm thinking of relocating to the UK for 2 minutes, too... I went through a similar issue with the NBA. I'm a Lakers fan. But I refuse to pay for cable. I don't want to pay $1500 a year for a bunch of TV channels that I don't care about. I cut the cord on cable about 5 years ago, and replaced it with Netflix and Hulu+ - now my total cost each year is under $150. But - no Lakers games.
The nice thing is - the NBA has a "League Pass" subscription, where you can pay (it's about $200) to watch up to 7 of your favorite teams. That seems reasonable to me (YMMV) as I love watching basketball. So I paid my $200 and got ready to watch some Lakers! Everything is great, right? Nope. Sadly, since I live in the Lakers broadcast area, their games are blacked out locally. So, a product that I want, which I could easily obtain illegally (there are dozens of streaming services out there) but which I prefer to pay for, I can't get. So, I cheated. I paid for a VPN service, spoofed my IP address so it looked like it was in San Francisco (outside of the Lakers broadcast area), and got it that way. I hope Nat is right. I would gladly pay to watch, and I don't like illegal downloading. On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > I just wanted to highlight this point, because I think it bears repeating. > It takes a while for both laws and business models to catch up with > technology. Nothing moves as fast as technological innovation. There are > definitely some growing pains, but eventually everyone will catch up. > > Nat > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Raymond E. Feist > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Also keep in mind we're talking new technology and old business models. >> Makes things difficult for a while. >> >> Best, R.E.,F. >> >> ---- >> www.crydee.com >> >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by >> stupidity. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser. > >
