Slashdot made a post about HBO attacking BitTorrent. I made a comment that will probably never get modded up, so here it is:

Let's do some math:

• HBO: $13/month * 12 months = $156
• Rome DVD: $20
• Rome in DivX: $4/episode * 12 episodes = $48

Now lets see, HBO has at least four decent series, and I'll let you do the math. I think $4/download for each hour long series they do would compensate them more than enough.

It's time media companies adapt and grow up.

I would pay what I pay for a pack of cigarettes to download each episode, so long as they weren't DRM crippled. I've watched and enjoyed at least four of their series so that covers the yearly fee that my household pays to get HBO. In sum HBO could be making more money if they let me download the episodes of each of their series.