torrentfreak.com — Stephen Fry, a highly respected actor, comedian, writer, presenter and author yesterday admitted to downloading TV shows for free using BitTorrent. Speaking at the iTunes Festival in London last night, Fry told the audience that he?s grabbed episodes of 24 and the series finale of House, starring his former comedy partner Hugh Laurie.
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ranon78Jul 14, 2009
Let us see - 24 episodes @ $84,000 per episode.So Stephen, you owe $2 million. You should send a cheque directly to Hugh.
zigviciousJul 14, 2009
Britian? Briton, perhaps.
fragmasterflashJul 14, 2009
How dare he torrent the House season finale? He is so gonna catch lupus. ;-)
lessnuttJul 14, 2009
What's all this about piracy. People wouldn't use the internet for these purposes, surely not.
princeamorJul 14, 2009
I thought this was about Futurama...
tonytrozJul 14, 2009
@sinrtbI'm curious why you would always choose Hulu. Is it a moral issue or is it just the fact that browsers are more portable/easier to use to stream? Hulu doesn't have the full selection of torrents, the quality is worse, there are commercials, you can watch the videos offline, etc.. I can't imagine you'd choose Hulu if BitTorrent was easier to stream (kind of hard with the current technology).I think Hulu is an awesome idea, and I don't really mind the commercials, but it also has downfalls.
int19hJul 14, 2009
I wonder if fullscreen hardware accalerated video from within the browser will change the landscape. Perhaps the media companies could give digital distribution another try after HTML 5, if they'll ever agree on the <video> tag.
whiteblackninjaJul 15, 2009
How can you feel guily for downloading just because you didn’t pay for it. They can always use adverts.It’s not our fault that there isn’t legal ways to get the content straight away.For me it’s all about availability. And if there is such a huge delay for websites to get the content that we want. Then people will just use whats avaliable.
Closed AccountJul 17, 2009
100.0 Zimbabwe dollars.