Yeah, I remember being a kid and my dad would have several buddies over from his work to chip in for pay-per-view.
Unbelievable. People here and BBB.net have talked about the lengths they'd go to circumvent Comcast and watch their "beloved" Blazers, but when push comes to shove, you want something for nothing.
You can't please everybody. We will win the NBA championship in 2 years and people will be on here bitchin about somethin'!
I will gladly pay whatever it takes to get the games(I live in a non-comcast area). I just want to know where to pay and what link to click. I currently pay $50 a month to someone to have access to there sling box.
Well, for one, as someone who spends a lot of winter weekends in Bend, the HD package is not offered. It's low-def, and it sucks. That's the problem.
Who are you complaining about? Pretty much everybody here has said they would pay for the games online. Plus, I already rendered your "Sunday Ticket" argument moot.
Who am I complaining about? Read the thread. Our village idiot is only too happy to raise his hand high and proudly. P.S. I owned you on "Sunday Ticket".
No, it was a faulty comparison, as I pointed out in this thread. Local fans can still see their local NFL teams provided they sell out games. Not so much with the Blazers in Oregon.
They have tried and failed already. It is perfectly legal to share streams via the internet as long as you do not charge for it.
Really? Because I remember back in the Napster glory days, I paid nothing, yet got any song I wanted for free. Then the lawsuits started, and the convictions followed, and I started paying on iTunes. They may not be able to shut down the providers, but they certainly can go after those receiving games for free.
Really? I fully admit i'm not up to speed on internet streaming and such, but I was under the impression that Napster and Pirate's Booty and the like were still in trouble for their free streams b/c they were streaming copyrighted content, right?
Piratebay only ran into trouble when Sweden finally changed their law to allow prosecution of "pirated" material. Sites like justin.tv aren't US-based, right? Hence, the only way to penalize is to find out the end users on US soil. That said, the Obama administration is looking to give up control of some parts of the internet, so perhaps InterPol and other international agencies will soon be able to prosecute those taking content from sites such as Piratebay.
The Seahawks are considered the local market in Portland. You did know this, right? Regardless, Seattle gets every Seahawk game if they sell it out regardless of if their citizens have Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, or Rabbit Ears. That is more relevant in your "Sunday Ticket" red herring than anything regarding the Seahawks and Portland.
Well, people in Seattle can see all the Portland games they wish if they have Comcast Sports NW. Are "local" teams ones that are 180 miles away? I guess I should tell people in Boston that the Yankees are their team. BTW, you do know that every NFL game is broadcast by the national networks and not handled locally, right?
