anyway, i just thought my site was on topic and served a need brought up in your comments… i appreciate this discussion though and should you want to debate this further and maybe turn it into an article for your site you know my email address… thank you for providing good web where differences of opinion can be rationally discussed and allow others to see the words and ideas.

and on a side note… i noticed you have managed to dive St Thomas… you were so close yet so far… if you ever make it back to the Virgin Islands, DO check out Buck Island off St Croix!!

I agree with you that the media companies should be offering content online and driving sales of their hard media or paid downloads. They should also be targeting international markets. Unfortunately, they seem to be stuck in the past century. I also think they should be offering managed copy on Blu-Ray (and DVD) so that people who purchase the media can distribute it to all of their devices.

Unfortunately, they own the content and can do with it whatever they want. And prevent us from doing with it what we want. I really hope this opens a big door for companies who are more willing to delight their customers rather than worry about protecting their business model. Unfortunately, their content is great and there is no real competition, except for pirated copies. I try to stay on the legitimate side of the line and purchase all of the media I own. But I do think it's great that piracy is at least putting pressure on big media to be more consumer-focused.

secondly, i know of several cases where people have bought the titles they watched on my site from other sources.

this is the old argument about whether or not file sharing helps sales or not… and sales data shows that it DOES help sales of the actual product.

and finally, my site doesn't host the movies in question, the sites that actually host them allow for embedding in a similar way that YouTube uses.

you are entitled to your opinion, even if it is not factual.

i appreciate your discussing this with me rather than just deleting my comment.

personally, i think the US sites are seriously missing out by limiting who can watch their shows… to me, it would seem a great way to reach viewers that normally wouldnt stand a chance at watching the shows.

check my site and you can watch Firefly from outside the US.

It really is a nice service, unfortunatelly it is only available at the US. This reminds me, how do you watch your favorite shows when you are travelling outside US?

Regards, and a Happy New Year.
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Jorge