>It wasn't that long ago that shows would air once and never be seen again
And it wasn't that long ago that no-one paid £120/month+ for their TV.
>I don't remember people rioting or breaking into studios to steal the original tapes because shows only aired a single time.
Firstly, can you not tell the difference between taking physical objects from someone thus depriving them of that object, and making a digital copy of an object that doesn't deprive anyone of anything? How is Rupert Murdoch worse off by someone downloading last week's episode from a torrent site than he would have been if they'd gone onto the official website and watched it there?
Secondly, I'm pretty sure there was a fairly large amount of video lending/copying back in the day - obviously far less than today's copying, but it was a hell of a lot less convenient to do it back then than it is now.
And it wasn't that long ago that no-one paid £120/month+ for their TV.
>I don't remember people rioting or breaking into studios to steal the original tapes because shows only aired a single time.
Firstly, can you not tell the difference between taking physical objects from someone thus depriving them of that object, and making a digital copy of an object that doesn't deprive anyone of anything? How is Rupert Murdoch worse off by someone downloading last week's episode from a torrent site than he would have been if they'd gone onto the official website and watched it there?
Secondly, I'm pretty sure there was a fairly large amount of video lending/copying back in the day - obviously far less than today's copying, but it was a hell of a lot less convenient to do it back then than it is now.