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How to reduce movie and tv piracy

I thought I would post this as its just a thought, I know people (I don’t do it myself, I can’t stand downloading stuff from torrent) who download episodes and movies from the net … why? because its not broadcast in the UK yet and has been showing in the USA for months.

Take, Series 2 of Heroes, we have no idea when we will get it over here … so those who know how will just not wait and will download it … why not!

The same can be said for movies, its blooming annoying to have to wait many months for a release over here for no obvious reason.

Well, if all TV shows and Movies were released worldwide at the same time then you remove that need and desire, you may as well watch a decent quality version on your TV or at the cinema than some cruddy version downloaded from the net.

Of course the movies wont get their boring marketing nonsense called a Movie Premiere, with the cast walking about a pointless red carpet; but that is something we can all live without!