<story><title>Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers&apos; NHL Blocking Order</title><url>https://typefully.com/kaplanmyrth/internet-filtering-in-canada-rogers-nhl-TPEqjeU</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Niksko</author><text>The irony for me is that the NHL is an excellent example of why piracy happens. Last hockey season, I could pay the NHL directly to get access to all hockey games from Australia. They have a Google TV app that was flawed, but worked well enough, and I was happy.&lt;p&gt;This year, because the NHL have done a deal with ESPN, I have to do a convoluted deal with a third party to get access to ESPN, and my experience is terrible. ESPN&amp;#x27;s Android app is terrible, the Google TV app flat out doesn&amp;#x27;t work, and casting from my phone to my TV craps out during period breaks and long ad breaks.&lt;p&gt;Piracy would be easier, better and cheaper than paying for things. It&amp;#x27;s the same reason Netflix reduced piracy, and now it&amp;#x27;s tanking. They created something that was easier, cheaper and better than piracy. Now with their increasing prices, declining quality, and fragmentation of their library, piracy is going to increase again.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>revolvingocelot</author><text>“We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.” --Gabe Newell, [0]&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.escapistmagazine.com&amp;#x2F;Valves-Gabe-Newell-Says-Piracy-Is-a-Service-Problem&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.escapistmagazine.com&amp;#x2F;Valves-Gabe-Newell-Says-Pir...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers&apos; NHL Blocking Order</title><url>https://typefully.com/kaplanmyrth/internet-filtering-in-canada-rogers-nhl-TPEqjeU</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Niksko</author><text>The irony for me is that the NHL is an excellent example of why piracy happens. Last hockey season, I could pay the NHL directly to get access to all hockey games from Australia. They have a Google TV app that was flawed, but worked well enough, and I was happy.&lt;p&gt;This year, because the NHL have done a deal with ESPN, I have to do a convoluted deal with a third party to get access to ESPN, and my experience is terrible. ESPN&amp;#x27;s Android app is terrible, the Google TV app flat out doesn&amp;#x27;t work, and casting from my phone to my TV craps out during period breaks and long ad breaks.&lt;p&gt;Piracy would be easier, better and cheaper than paying for things. It&amp;#x27;s the same reason Netflix reduced piracy, and now it&amp;#x27;s tanking. They created something that was easier, cheaper and better than piracy. Now with their increasing prices, declining quality, and fragmentation of their library, piracy is going to increase again.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>luma</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m sitting in my chair wearing a Red Wings jersey as I type this, and I haven&amp;#x27;t watched a single game this season after several years as an NHL.tv subscriber.  I always had to do some shenanigans to be able to watch my team, but as they ramped up their protections to prevent people from ever being able to watch their home team, I eventually gave up and cancelled my subscription.&lt;p&gt;Haven&amp;#x27;t seen a game since and now I spend my weekends watching F1 cars drive around in circles.  They seem happy to have me as a fan so that&amp;#x27;s where my money goes these days.</text></comment>