So says Jack Black in the latest public announcement about music and movie piracy.
Actually, if the MPAA and RIAA took this approach in persuading others not to steal, people might actually to be half-tempted to listen. If nothing else, at least they’d know that:
“No cash = no inspiration. No inspiration = no rocket sauce. No rocket sauce = no kick ass rock n’ roll music or movies.”
Imagine if they had played Space Invaders.
That’s it. Nothing more needs to be said.
Fans of popular FOX dramas like “24” and “Prison Break” can now rest easy after missing the latest episode of their favorite show: the network giant has just announced the arrival of their library on Apple iTunes.
Along with favorites like the aforementioned series and “The Shield,” the library will also include access to episodes of “Black.White,” “30 Days,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and “Firefly,” as well as nine more shows from 20th Century Fox.
When folks Rhino Handmade and Hip-O Select started making limited-edition releases of albums with cult followings, it was only inevitable that someone would pick up the torch for the DVD market…and, now, someone has.
DVD on Demand is going to be releasing titles through Customflix from NBC Universal, A & E, and PBS on a made-when-ordered basis. Some of the titles mentioned at the moment are a collection of “Where In The World Is Matt Lauer?” segments from the annual feature on NBC’s “Today,” as well as a “Westerminster Kennel Club Show” disc, but A &E has no end of “Biography” episodes up for grabs, and PBS has “Antiques Roadshow,” “Nova,” and others.
My God. Does this mean I might finally be able to get “Quark” on DVD…?
UPDATE: I traded E-mail with the very pleasant Katrina Florence, the publicist at NBC who’s handling media queries about DVD on Demand. I asked of the possibility of seeing short-lived or cult programs released via this new program, and she responded, “I can’t give you a really definitive answer regarding those TV shows…what I can tell you is that at this time we’re geared more toward releasing the unique specialty titles like the ones listed in our press release, as opposed to our TV catalog. But DVD-on-Demand certainly opens up options previously unavailable in terms of bringing titles to the market.” So it’s not a “yes,” but it’s not a “no,” either. I like those odds…
Mere hours after commending TiVo for a job well done, I’ve experienced television recording hell; that moment in your life when you realize that you’ve just missed the only showing of your favorite television series due to a technical glitch. In my case, I missed two of my favorite shows: “Prison Break” and “24,” a little slice of heaven also known as Monday Nights on FOX. I still don’t understand why FOX doesn’t rerun these episodes sometime later in the week (and I’m pretty sure they used to years prior), but that’s hardly the issue at hand.
What is disappointing, however, are the countless years that I’ve stuck with, and stuck up for, TiVo despite cheaper options (through cable companies) and numerous glitches such as the one that occurred tonight. Well, I say no more! No longer will I pay 12.95/month for glorified TV recording! No longer will I listen to the wonderful “beep-beep” noise that can only be heard from fast-forwarding through unwanted commercials! No longer will I belong to a DVR cult made up elitist television fanatics whose sole purpose is to get the most out of their viewing experience!
Who else has given up TiVo for a cheaper option? Feel free to post your horror stories below…
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