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Watch Instantly essentially killed 99% of video piracy by the people I know (non-technical people). The remaining 1% of piracy is for the items that can't be watched on Hulu or Watch Instantly. There is a lesson there for the distributors, but it is a lesson that many have tried to teach them to no avail.


I think getting $20 for a bluray is still more appealing to distributors than getting a small slice of $5/mo for Hulu.


> is still more appealing

Sure and I'm sure getting $80 per blu-ray is even more exciting for them, doesn't mean it is going to happen.


Yeah, I mean, I don't even mind the Hulu ads when I get to watch it.




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