CrushAlot wrote:Knickoftime wrote:markvmc wrote:But as fewer people buy the service (demand falls), standard economics dictates that the price will fall, or the company will fail. That's exactly what we've seen recently in the music industry, news business and book publishing. Why think sports broadcasting is different? Indeed, we're already seeing this with the adventure of sling TV and other such legal services, which offer streaming cable packages for $20-$45 a month.
Again, I have no problem with people no longer purchasing the service.
The problem is when people are acquire the services anyway through unauthorized means.
In regards to the nba some of this is self created. If I could watch the Knicks on league pass I would purchase league pass. However, they are blacked out because of where I live. I am not going to lie and jump through hoops to get league pass international. If my cable has a game blacked out because the sabres are playing I am going to find another way to watch it.
I just don't get this.
The flaw/fallacy in this justification is confusing a desire with a right/need.
'I really, really want this, so I'm going to take it, no matter what'. As if the NBA has some responsibility or duty to provide you with something, and if they don't, then is their fault and you have to find a way to acquire it.
We can layer on all the minutiae about sports and fandom and loyalty and questionable business practices, but at the end of the day, it's justifying theft. It's saying "yeah, I know I'm stealing it, but *I* have a good reason, and it's not harming anyone'.
