Seems you're not in the majority of the thinking regarding what is good entertainment.
But I have noticed a few people stating that they like Showmax, so you're not alone either.
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Seems you're not in the majority of the thinking regarding what is good entertainment.
But I have noticed a few people stating that they like Showmax, so you're not alone either.
Quicks
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That's just wrong.
Someone at Netflix has serious issues. Not sure why they push this crap so hard when it clearly just irritate their clientele.
Same thing with Disney+ etc.
Woke is a world wide movement, seems it has taken over much of Hollywood and they're not going to let go.
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Are the majority intelligent? Man United are still the most popular club in the world despite having not won anything in over a decade. That says plenty. The majority elected Trump after all.
Showmax has better content than Netflix if you don't care for 'woke' propaganda.
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Almost everything on Netflix features LGBT scenes. It's a prerequisite. Find me one Nollywood movie or Swahili language series with LGBT content.
konfab
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Showmax is pretty good tbh. I just shortchanged Multichoice completely by buying a month worth of content for R60 via Capitec.
Switching to Netflix for a few months though as there are a few things the konfabwife wants to watch on it.
Switching to Netflix for a few months though as there are a few things the konfabwife wants to watch on it.
I don't understand why so few will download content. Sure, they all try to discourage it, make out it's somehow "less legal" but that's BS - nobody ever prosecuted for that either.
Just don't distribute it, that's all.
Then easy enough to save money, just subscribe for a month once or twice a year and download what you're going to want.
Plenty of tools to help do so. (But we don't know what's possible with 4K, happy enough with HD.)
Just don't distribute it, that's all.
Then easy enough to save money, just subscribe for a month once or twice a year and download what you're going to want.
Plenty of tools to help do so. (But we don't know what's possible with 4K, happy enough with HD.)
Would've agreed with your post, except you added this 
Yes he's an ass, but Biden's group were poison
wingnut771
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This is what too much netflix gets you.Would've agreed with your post, except you added this
Yes he's an ass, but Biden's group were poison
Got my "favourite" bot to do an extensive legal search, which confirms this...
Conclusion (direct answer to your question)
After extensive searching: I could not find verified instances where a private person was criminally prosecuted and convicted solely for downloading copyrighted video for their own personal viewing (with no distribution or commercial element). The historical record shows many civil actions against downloaders and criminal actions against uploaders, hosters and commercial piracy rings — not one-off private downloaders. The Guardian+2
Netflix in exclusive talks to buy Warner Bros Discovery assets, source says
Netflix is in exclusive talks to buy Warner Bros Discovery's film and television studios along with its streaming assets after offering $28 per share, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
www.reuters.com
Another potential body blow. HBO on Netflix instead of Showmax, yikes!
I like you @Brian_G , but you do come off as a bit of a known it all on MC business. Some of us are well read too. Did you realise that you're posting an article from 30 November, and that mine is from today? "Exclusive talks."
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Though Netflix is gunning for Warner Bros, which is funny cause they are expiring on Netflix
5 days qualifies it as new?
Clearly on and off interaction, and press probably doing some guessing.
I've had much past involvement with MC.
It's new enough, I have no qualms with that.
I feel you're dismissing the "exclusive talks" angle, what am I missing?
That explains it then, I see.
We've got no idea if these are fresh negotiations or not, that wouldn't be public knowledge.
The wording you used when it was posted suggested you weren't aware of the past article, what's the big deal? Maybe a misunderstanding, fine, but why go on about it
What's considered "fresh?"
I wasn't aware.
You replied with an older article as if it supercedes and renders the current development moot. "Unlikely" is a touch overstated.
I thought we were having a decent exchange, I'm here to be informed. You the one who replied to me.
The industry (MC in particular, and they admit it) are very secretive about negotiations and contracts, so details are mostly scarce.
And I didn't realise your article is so recent.
Both include mention of the antitrust consideration - the original article considered that as the killer of any deal.
In yours we now have; "Bloomberg News reported Netflix has offered a $5 billion breakup fee if regulators block the deal", and @Lupus ' X article agrees, so looks like it is possible again.
Maybe you don't know this industry's more subtle games, but that seems a tad sensitive - unlikely was certainly the earlier case.
The more pertinent question I should have asked is, is "fresh" good or bad? Like my brain was seeing all these possibilities; "too early to tell," "lengthy can mean talks are concrete, but also deal could be difficult."
I sensed something was off with your reply on this matter. That's why I harped on about it.