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Netflix CEO: Piracy created the internet that now uses Netflix

article published on 5 June, 2015

Netflix has become almost synonymous with movie streaming. There are others but it is Netflix that is the Kleenex of streaming services. There are many reasons why this happened but the CEO of the company says piracy was among them, TorrentFreak reports. The CEO and the face of Netflix, Reed Hastings, spoke to Spanish press preparing the launch in Spain this year. In Spain like in other ... [ read the full article ]

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treyjazz
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6. June 2015 @ 01:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This makes sense when the people don't want to get caught for torrenting and don't understand the other methods of procuring content (or don't want to spend time searching if it is on Netflix). He didn't mention Netflix's disc subscriptions though. I know quite a few people who got it just to rip discs for their collections so that is even furthers the theory of why Netflix has succeeded.
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supersaiyaman
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9. June 2015 @ 08:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and it also could be that the movie studios are so narrow minded that they have trouble thinking of outer ways to get their content out their..their are outer ways than just buying discs.they could put their main movies up a few wee3ks before they are relesed on dvd or blue ray and have a streaming service or they could offer high qality key word their is high qality digityal copies off their movies for purchase at say 12 too 20 dollers.of course those are just ideas.they offer digital content but im talking about on evry single blue ray that they produce should offer that option and in high qality
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9. June 2015 @ 10:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by treyjazz:
This makes sense when the people don't want to get caught for torrenting and don't understand the other methods of procuring content (or don't want to spend time searching if it is on Netflix). He didn't mention Netflix's disc subscriptions though. I know quite a few people who got it just to rip discs for their collections so that is even furthers the theory of why Netflix has succeeded.

There is also the ease-of-use of Netflix. A LOT of people simply don't want to bother - or are too intimidated - to learn how to torrent content.

Frankly, I pirate content quite often BUT I also use Netflix. Where else am I gonna get my B-movie fix from..?!
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9. June 2015 @ 18:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I like Netflix and I believe it has made huge inroads into the piracy problem and just the normal living room as well.

My problem is that Netflix is a casual, browse until you see something, kind of service. If I was bored and wanted something on the TV then Netflix would fill that role.

But over the past several years my viewing habits have changed dramatically. The idea of just watching what happened to be available or happened to catch my eye at the time is crazy. I watch specifically what I want to watch, when I want to watch it and for as long as I'd like to watch. I am not casually browsing a catalog hoping to find something. I'm pulling up a specific show for the specific time, and Netflix just does not fill that role.
Sometimes its there, sometimes it's not, most of the time what I want to watch isn't even available. I'm not going to settle for Seinfeld when I'm wanting to watch Game of Thrones.
Now, I know that this is not a simple issue. I get why I cannot watch the current season of Game of Thrones, but that doesn't change the reality.
People's viewing habits are changing. The total per week numbers are down, across the board. People are watching far less and being quite choosy about what they watch. If Netflix plans on staying ahead of the game they are going to have to make sure they have the shows people want and not just a huge library filled with filler.

Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
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10. June 2015 @ 05:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The addition of Netflix shows like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black will keep a lot of subscribers around. It was a great move for them. There are a lot of B movies and 80s movies but sometimes they are good for a (re)watch.
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10. June 2015 @ 08:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I used to pirate, a lot. Pretty well everything I watched was pirated.
Until I got a VPN (I'm in Canada) and got American Netflix and HuluPlus.
I happily pay for these services and my pirating has dropped significantly.
I never pirated because I'm cheap or didnt want to pay the makers of the content, it's that the studios weren't giving me the content the way I wanted it at all.
TV programming, I have to watch on a schedule (granted PVRs came along, but still have to record on their schedule).
Movies coming on DvD and Blu-ray are tedious. Unskippable ads, FBI warnings, 10 mins into the disc and I'm not even watching the movie yet. Then there's the layers of protection preventing me from watching the movie that I paid for on whatever device I wanted, or making copies for myself to watch on other devices.

Streaming gives me exactly what I want and gladly pay for it. As long as I can log in, I can watch whatever I want on whatever device I want, wherever I want. I really hope more studios and companies get their heads out of their asses and join in with putting their content on Netflix or Hulu
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