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Terrible idea: streaming services to only unlock the next episode a week after you watch the last one.
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7854013" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Nope. That's not what I mean at all.</p><p></p><p>I mean that if you make it so people <em>can't</em> watch it legally (eg pay to watch it) they'll find some other way to watch it.</p><p></p><p>One of the biggest causes of piracy isn't people who <em>won't</em> pay -- it's that large group of people who would happily pay and watch it legally if they could, but aren't allowed to do so.</p><p></p><p>Take <em>The Mandalorian</em> -- people in Europe would happily sign up to Disney+ and watch it. They can't; so they're pirating it en-masse. Partly because they don't want to wait until March 2020, partly to avoid spoilers.</p><p></p><p>Now with [USER=8835]@Janx[/USER]'s hypothetical idea, what we're doing is allowing people to sign up and start watching it. And <em>then</em> we're withholding the rest just out of reach. The temptation is even greater, because you want to see what happens next. But in this model, the rest of the season <em>is out there</em> -- it's not like <em>The Mandalorian </em>where everybody has to wait together. It's just that your provider is making <em>you</em> wait a week for each new episode, even though the guy down the street is on Episode 6. </p><p></p><p>So instead of being forced to wait a week for each episode, people would just pirate the entire season and binge it. In that scenario, you'd be guaranteeing your show would be pirated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7854013, member: 1"] Nope. That's not what I mean at all. I mean that if you make it so people [I]can't[/I] watch it legally (eg pay to watch it) they'll find some other way to watch it. One of the biggest causes of piracy isn't people who [I]won't[/I] pay -- it's that large group of people who would happily pay and watch it legally if they could, but aren't allowed to do so. Take [I]The Mandalorian[/I] -- people in Europe would happily sign up to Disney+ and watch it. They can't; so they're pirating it en-masse. Partly because they don't want to wait until March 2020, partly to avoid spoilers. Now with [USER=8835]@Janx[/USER]'s hypothetical idea, what we're doing is allowing people to sign up and start watching it. And [I]then[/I] we're withholding the rest just out of reach. The temptation is even greater, because you want to see what happens next. But in this model, the rest of the season [I]is out there[/I] -- it's not like [I]The Mandalorian [/I]where everybody has to wait together. It's just that your provider is making [I]you[/I] wait a week for each new episode, even though the guy down the street is on Episode 6. So instead of being forced to wait a week for each episode, people would just pirate the entire season and binge it. In that scenario, you'd be guaranteeing your show would be pirated. [/QUOTE]
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