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Essay / Television is dead, long live pirates! - 831
Television is on the verge of death with the Internet stabbing it in the back. Traditional television as we know it is dying because of the peer to peer file sharing system, known as torrenting, on the Internet. Everything that happens on TV, you can watch on the Internet and much more, at any time. TV follows a schedule, so the show you want to watch may not be in the time slots where you can watch them or may not even air at all. The Internet offers all kinds of downloads and online streaming videos to keep you entertained every time you want to watch them. On the Internet you can find at your fingertips a multitude of content that suits you best. Copyright laws continually struggle with rapidly changing technology. Technology advances far too quickly for copyright laws to keep pace and is constantly outdated. This resulted in massive piracy on the borderless Internet. The digital revolution goes against copyright. Technological developments are moving too quickly for adequate laws to be implemented and the industries involved to keep pace. Online torrenting is so simple and accessible to the consumer. Torrent sites are abundant on the Internet and difficult to eliminate. “The Pirate Bay,” for example, is constantly changing domains, so it’s almost impossible to keep it off the Internet. Once closed, the site quickly moves to a new domain to become available. “While the Pirate Bay URL itself was blocked in these countries, numerous mirror websites emerged to make the website available at different URLs, thereby routing traffic around the block.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay* Although the site can be blocked, there are ways around it that are too difficult to follow to maintain the block...... middle of paper. ... from ABC News 24 on computers, tablets and smartphones, as well as programs selected for viewing only or even before television. This service makes watching traditional television much more accessible by hosting it on the Internet so consumers can watch it on their personal devices at any time, combatting the main problem of television availability. iView also claims to contain no ads and is also free, making it just as desirable as a torrent; free, easy and without wasting time watching unwanted ads. Television isn't dead yet, but it will be if it doesn't choose to make a change to keep up with the rapidly evolving era of new media. The more channels decide to broadcast their content online as well as on traditional television, the more television will have the best of both words and benefit from the Internet. These changes must be made for traditional television to thrive..