Thread: Is it possible to make downloading free and legal

Originally Posted by p0nym0ny

I'm not sure there is, but I know a lot of shows that air on the big tv channels (abc etc) you can watch all the episodes online, through streaming.

I have used streaming before and It's not a bad idea but it is a substandard one, it's a tentative prod in the direction that things should be going. These days people would like flexibility to watch their shows on any device anywhare and with HD quality.

The big problem allowing free access to things like this is that not all advertising is as global as the TV shows they buy advertising space from. TV ads are usually local to the region that they are aired in which is a problem for shows streamed on the internet because they can be view from anywhare.

There is something called a slingbox that will allow you to actually watch TV on your iphone or Blackberry in any country in the world. All we need now is a monthly subscription to a TV station that allows you to choose what you want to watch and it could work. Just a few legal and copywrite issues to get around and it could work.

download while in a country with no copyright laws :)

I think the better question is Why do you want it to be free?

It can be free, but then your internet service will go up. I know the cable provider I have would charge more for internet. I mean if was free to watch every tv channel online then you know if you internet provider is through your cable company, then they would increase the price of internet to offset the cost. When its free no one is making money

Since the new revolution started, I think the laws and view wont only be changed for the better but because the 'enforcement' wont be able to constrain the growing popularity of torrenting :)