New Eircom Add a Bit Odd

Drapper

Driving into work this moring I was listening to a new Eircom add where a young lad talks about downloading episodes of his favourite soap before any of his mates....and how great it was... it made me think:-

1. Where did he loacate these episodes before his mates?
2. Did he get them on P2P/ftp or torrents?
3. Are there actual sites you can download tv soaps before everyone else, legally? and if so where did the Eircom boy get them from? (i'd love to have soaps before my mates)....:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Might be a totally rediculous thought but I think they are promoting something that is potentially ilegal?

What say you?

Sponge Bob

Drapper wrote:

I think they are promoting something that is potentially ilegal?

You are absolutely correct. The ASAI beckons

Drapper

Sponge Bob wrote:

You are absolutely correct. The ASAI beckons

So I am not mad! if the add replaced soap with the word movie or Mp3 (I know there is many legal dowload sites, but the illegal out number 10/1) it might rise food for concern......... hummmmm

Sponge Bob

DiVX IS the new evil empire.

McCalvin

there's plenty of places to get tv shows legally online.

andrea

There are legal downloads of TV programmes on websites of tv stations like Channel 4. They are not (usually) free but they are legal.

cgarvey

Did it mention soap? I remember the ad (or some variant of it) mentioning TV shows, and thought of iTunes. I don't know, though, if Irish iTunes users can download, say, CSI from iTunes, or do you need a US account. If it's soaps explicitly, then I can't think of anywhere to download them legally, unless Desperate Housewives is considered a soap (and we're back to iTunes US question).

.cg

Drapper

McCalvin wrote:

there's plenty of places to get tv shows legally online.

before they are released on TV ? cold you post the addresses please. I have heard HBO in the US are planning this but have seriuos reservations about sercuity.

edit/ yes you can get some programmes from itunes but before they are on TV ?

BendiBus

cgarvey wrote:

I don't know, though, if Irish iTunes users can download, say, CSI from iTunes, or do you need a US account.

I think you need to be in the US. It wouldn't let me download series 2 of Lost.

Sir Random

Maybe you can download some old episodes of Aussie soaps like 'Shortland Street', since RTÉ transmissions are a year or two behind.
I don't think the ad was referring to Eastenders.

cgarvey

Drapper wrote:

edit/ yes you can get some programmes from itunes but before they are on TV ?

Before they are on Irish TV, yes. However, I've a US iTunes account, so I don't know if you can get them with an Irish account. Not soaps though .. series like Lost / CSI / etc.

.cg

subway

i havent heard the ad,
but the way its worded in your post it could be interpreted as he can download them before anyone on dialup as they would finish a few hours after him.
no mention of the latest episode of a new soap.

his fave soap could be some public domain american soap from the 70s

Drapper

I'm gonna listen again closely to it! but unless I was hearing things it clearly stated latest soaps! I think .........

chabsey

Drapper wrote:

I'm gonna listen again closely to it! but unless I was hearing things it clearly stated latest soaps! I think .........

Have heard that ad and found it confusing. To me it sounded like you could download TV episodes from the eircom.net website. I checked, found nothing, and was a little annoyed. So when I heard the ad again I listened more carefully and it *still* sounded like he was saying you use eircom.net to source and download these episodes before they appear on TV.

Stupid ad. Stupid radio. Stupid Eircom.

Drapper

well it should do what it says on the can!

Linoge

chabsey wrote:

Have heard that ad and found it confusing. To me it sounded like you could download TV episodes from the eircom.net website. I checked, found nothing, and was a little annoyed. So when I heard the ad again I listened more carefully and it *still* sounded like he was saying you use eircom.net to source and download these episodes before they appear on TV.

Stupid ad. Stupid radio. Stupid Eircom.

I did the exact same. They're a pack of assholes.

RangeR

chabsey wrote:

Have heard that ad and found it confusing. To me it sounded like you could download TV episodes from the eircom.net website. I checked, found nothing, and was a little annoyed. So when I heard the ad again I listened more carefully and it *still* sounded like he was saying you use eircom.net to source and download these episodes before they appear on TV.

Stupid ad. Stupid radio. Stupid Eircom.

Technically speaking, they do have a google search on eircom.net which is a portal to the internet to source ANYTHING. Still... bad advertising.

event

http://home.eircom.net/broadband/entertainment/movies/

id say its that link

nothing sinister really

weeder

a movie isnt a soap

Nick_oliveri

They're not full movies or tv shows either. Bahh. They must mean the old p2p way. I'll say i was encouraged to do it..

Asok

http://home.eircom.net/broadband/getmorefrombb/guides/8332151/
Tv Central looks like nothing but a pay to access kazaa / random other virii infested ****e networks site

Drapper

or by other means, back to the first thread!

Pikasso

I'm so glad I've found these posts regarding the Eircom ad. I too was taken aback when I heard their ad about watching TV episodes before anyone else. However I was even more flabbergasted to find a link on http://home.eircom.net/broadband/entertainment/movies/ direct to TV Central.
TV central is a rip off. It looks for money for filesharing software: many of the files found using this software are widely considered to be illegal when shared. I think that Eircom is going to come in for some very serious flack for this ad. But what is even more mind boggling - while we all know this stuff already - who is the innocent who (A) posted the links on the Eircom website and (B) decided to advertise it on nationwide radio?!!
The whole thing smacks of Eircom getting pretty desperate to sign up customers. So desperate in fact that they are actively promoting software that encourages illegal activity! :eek:

Drapper

Pikasso wrote:

I'm so glad I've found these posts regarding the Eircom ad. I too was taken aback when I heard their ad about watching TV episodes before anyone else. However I was even more flabbergasted to find a link on http://home.eircom.net/broadband/entertainment/movies/ direct to TV Central.
TV central is a rip off. It looks for money for filesharing software: many of the files found using this software are widely considered to be illegal when shared. I think that Eircom is going to come in for some very serious flack for this ad. But what is even more mind boggling - while we all know this stuff already - who is the innocent who (A) posted the links on the Eircom website and (B) decided to advertise it on nationwide radio?!!
The whole thing smacks of Eircom getting pretty desperate to sign up customers. So desperate in fact that they are actively promoting software that encourages illegal activity! :eek:

QFT