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Pirating Netflix originals.

  • 06-09-2013 07:35PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭


    Do you think its acceptable to pirate from the Netflix original series? Netflix offers a fantastic service, imo, and €7 is a very reasonable fee for such quality and quantity of movies/series. I'm happy to hand over my €7 every month just for Breaking Bad alone, and currently working my way through Orange is the new black as well which I'm happy to pay for.

    Yeah, they don't have all the movies you want to see, but what they have got is still worth the price of a chicken dinner. I understand not everybody shares my opinion, and I also wont pretend I'v never pirated anything, but I feel good service deserves support.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    I'd pirate them just because they use DRM and M$ silverlight.

    Paying is for suckers, pirate away mad


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Pirating is great. I just do it now because it's what I'm used to!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    I don't see why you would, you can stream it in 1080p instantly instead of waiting to download it. I love netflix the tv shows on the US one are worth it alone. 7 quid a month is nothing, that's the price of one drink on a night out for me. (JD and coke)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Pirating is great. I just do it now because it's what I'm used to!

    I imagined you saying this in a captain Barbossa voice for some reason.


    Arrrrrr.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭HighClass


    I don't see the point of paying for Netflix when I can just stream it online for free.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    I was resistant to Netflix until I tried it and really liked the selection of tv shows. It's not perfect but it's worth it when you want to power through long series. Before getting netflix, I was watching the X Files and would keep forgetting which episode I was on, would struggle to find quality links, would watch mis-titled videos spoiling future episodes, etc.

    Netflix is miles better in that respect, however the movie selection is laughable and I do hop between Netflix US and Netflix Ireland which they would probably consider piracy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭SouthTippBass


    FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

    I do hop between Netflix US and Netflix Ireland which they would probably consider piracy.

    I wouldn't consider that piracy, you are still paying your €7 at the end of the day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭hansfrei


    Is it not on freeview? Also, isn't internet piracy law down the drain now we know the NSA can decode anything? Unless somehow it's one global law for one mob of crazy americans and another law for everyone else.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    HighClass wrote: »
    I don't see the point of paying for Netflix when I can just stream it online for free.

    Piracy will eventually be cracked down on. We'll fight it for ages but powerful people are losing too much money to have it go on forever. It won't go away totally but it'll become more risky and harder to do. And I want people who make these things to earn money, I'm just not willing to pay €30 for boxsets and €100 a month for sky and the likes to show me what they feel like showing. Services like Netflix are an acceptable and reasonable compromise.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭Tails142


    I feel like now that I pay my €7 I am perfectly entitled to pirate anything I want - if its not on netflix its their own fault =D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,032 ✭✭✭mad m


    I've been paying for it for a while now, flick between us and ire. Have given my password and email to family members so they can enjoy it also. It's worth it alone just for House of Cards and Breaking bad....roll on the new episodes of House of cards.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Tails142 wrote: »
    I feel like now that I pay my €7 I am perfectly entitled to pirate anything I want - if its not on netflix its their own fault =D

    I like your reasoning there.

    On Sunday, I might just go to the local Chinese restaurant and pay a tenner for the all you can eat buffet.

    Might stop in to my Indian afterwards though for a few cobra beers, and their select of Indian ice cream.

    Not gonna pay though, and it's the Chinese fault for not providing me with the Indian beer and desert.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    How do you get the US version


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Oh you guys and your reasonable internet, you think you are God's gift. Some people have no option but to spend 10 hours downloading 1 episode of a popular series


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭hansfrei


    How do you get the US version

    You pay €7 for it. Netflix.com.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭SouthTippBass


    How do you get the US version

    Its really easy to get if you have a PS3 (like me) all you do is change the ip. I cant give you any further info here I think ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    How do you get the US version


    You have much to learn young Padawan


  • Posts: 15,801 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    XBMC

    That is all!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,248 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    How do you get the US version

    Boards.ie doesnt like people talking about the specifics on how to watch other netflix regions. But all you need to do is change your DNS settings. Just do a google search or even search youtube. Can't link you cause of the Boards.ie rules.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,388 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Boards.ie doesnt like people talking about the specifics on how to watch other netflix regions.

    I'm watching you Wazowsky, always watching!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭EyeSight


    hansfrei wrote: »
    You pay €7 for it. Netflix.com.

    if you have an irish ip address that website will direct you to the irish one :)

    You need to change DNS settings to get the US one. There is a good chrome plugin to do so. it's also easy to do on ps3


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    krudler wrote: »
    I don't see why you would, you can stream it in 1080p instantly instead of waiting to download it. I love netflix the tv shows on the US one are worth it alone. 7 quid a month is nothing, that's the price of one drink on a night out for me. (JD and coke)

    Unless you use linux as your media centre. I have a pi as mine so netflix is unavailable for me. Their loss not mine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Orion wrote: »
    Unless you use linux as your media centre. I have a pi as mine so netflix is unavailable for me. Their loss not mine.
    Both I'd say. Hopefully Linux support will come soon.

    It's a good service and a much better way to tackle piracy than legislation. It deserves to succeed though, it doesn't need "support". Actually the fact that it doesn't need support, specifically the support of heavy handed legislation, is one of the main reasons it deserves to succeed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭cooperguy


    I signed up for Netflix a few months back. My best value purchase every month is my Netflix subscription! Over the last while I have watched most of the Netflix Original shows. Arrested Development, House of Cards and Orange is the New Black are very very good. And I have no problem paying a reasonable price for quality stuff.

    Getting Breaking Bad as soon as it airs is a massive bonus as well. It would be great if they could do the same for Game of Thrones next year!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,198 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    I've just watched the second last episode, still no sign of piper out of the overalls, hopefully the season goes out with a bang.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭Rascasse


    Orion wrote: »
    Unless you use linux as your media centre. I have a pi as mine so netflix is unavailable for me. Their loss not mine.

    Is that because of Silverlight? If so they are ditching that completely for html5 soon (though DRM remains, understandably) .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    HighClass wrote: »
    I don't see the point of paying for Netflix when I can just stream it online for free.

    Do the free ones have consistent, reliable quality? Or having to search for a ages for a good stream, wait for about 15 ads to close, manually close another 20 ads before the stream dies halfway through?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    XBMC

    That is all!

    It's good for watching stuff you've downloaded. None of the add-ons for live tv seem to work in anyway reliably.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,739 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    Boards.ie doesnt like people talking about the specifics on how to watch other netflix regions. But all you need to do is change your DNS settings. Just do a google search or even search youtube. Can't link you cause of the Boards.ie rules.

    Why would boards care about that?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Do the free ones have consistent, reliable quality? Or having to search for a ages for a good stream, wait for about 15 ads to close, manually close another 20 ads before the stream dies halfway through?
    The free streaming services are a good alternative for those vision impaired people whose time is worth absolutely nothing.


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