Firefly popular in Illegal downloads
POSTED BY: IHeartFirefly
UPDATED: Thursday, August 31, 2006 08:36
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I'm not sure how to take this news, but a friend was telling me last night abou the illegal downloading program he uses (He wouldn't tell me the name to "protect the innocent").
He was telling me that the new show "Saved" on TNT was really hard to find- there were only 4 of the 8 or so episodes anywhere. I then asked him to search for Firefly and he said 350 people had the full set of episodes and 650 more were in the process of downloading it.
Overall, it made me happy because new people were discovering the 'verse- But I should want them to be paying for it, right?!
It is interesting news, nonetheless. :)
"Can't take the sky..."
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I'm not sure. I kind of think that every time Fox makes money on the DVDs. The less likely they are ever going to give up the rights.
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once they see the show, they'll fall in love with it and eventually buy the DVDs for more Firefly goodness!
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Honestly, I doubt buying the DVDs from Fox is going to hurt our cause in the longrun. The only way they'll be pursuaded to make more Firefly (in whatever form) is if they see how large the fanbase is, and how much more money they could be making if they released something in addition to the series on DVD.
~CK
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But if there is no money trail for the sales, how will any network or movie execs really get a grasp on the size of the fanbase?
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Originally posted by kaneman:
I'm not sure. I kind of think that every time Fox makes money on the DVDs. The less likely they are ever going to give up the rights.
Correct me if I'm wrong, butwhen the show was first cancelled didn't FOX give Joss permission to shop it to other networks? It was my impression that no one wanted it.
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Originally posted by RugBug:
Correct me if I'm wrong, butwhen the show was first cancelled didn't FOX give Joss permission to shop it to other networks? It was my impression that no one wanted it.
Well, that was before FOX had any idea anyone liked Firefly. It had low ratings so how would they know it would sell so well on DVD?
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Originally posted by IHeartFirefly:
But I should want them to be paying for it, right?!
In all honesty, at this point, why? Will it help? Unlikely. Will it spred the word? Definitely!
Also, what your buddy was talking about was only one download off of one site. At a site that I know about there are 10 downloads currently active (1 marked as Serenity) with a total of over 400 people downloading for the series and 9 downloads for Serenity with ~50 people total downloading (there was also done the impossible that turned up in this search as well).
They may not buy the DVD's, but they may buy a t-shirt or spred the word further or... It still helps the cause.
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Another thing to consider would be whether anyone other than FOX (or Universal) profits off the sale of those series (or film) DVDs.
There are a lot of artists that put a lot of work into those (as you well know). 
Could any of it be money out of Joss' pocket?
And wouldn't every single sale tell Fox and Universal what they're holding on to?
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I hate to say it but thats how i found out about the film. A mate downloaded it i watched loved by shear coincidence found out about the series so decided to buy both.
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