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macfantn · Mar 24, 2008, 12:11 PM

South Park: Every South Park Ever for Online for Free (Legally!)

this is good news

Tiresias · Mar 24, 2008, 12:29 PM

Cool.

turtle777 · 08:46 AM

"Every South Park Ever for Online for Free (Legally!)"

Grammar ? WTF ?

-t

I fixed it. -Glenn

Jawbone54 · Mar 24, 2008, 12:31 PM

I thought this was spam until I saw your name, then realized there must've been something to it and clicked on the thread. This is...surprising.

I wonder if this will become a trend?

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 24, 2008, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I wonder if this will become a trend?

Him posting threads that look like spam? Maybe.

Chongo · Mar 24, 2008, 12:44 PM

Matt and Trey have it somewhere on the website that they have no problems with downloading SP

osiris · Mar 24, 2008, 12:50 PM

What about posting in threads that look like spam but taste like chicken?

btw good link

Tiresias · Mar 24, 2008, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I wonder if this will become a trend?

Until a practicable means of preventing piracy comes along, I can see more stuff being made available for free so that companies can collect on advertising what they're losing through illegal downloads.

BRussell · Mar 24, 2008, 01:09 PM

AppleTV needs to start taking advantage of these services, which seem to be rapidly multiplying with the likes of hulu.com. If they can do it with youtube, they can do it with these.

Nodnarb · Mar 24, 2008, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by BRussell

AppleTV needs to start taking advantage of these services, which seem to be rapidly multiplying with the likes of hulu.com. If they can do it with youtube, they can do it with these.

That was my thought, too. The only problem is that Apple was able to work closely with Google to get behind the scenes of youTube (TiVo apparently got that privilege recently too) to make the interface polished and Apple-like. For these other sites, (possibly with the exception of Hulu, since it's sort of a centralized hub) there are too many spread about the web in too many different formats and stuff that I don't see how apple would keep their awesome UI while allowing these sites on the Apple TV. I wish it could happen though. I am soooo close to getting an AppleTV, I just need more reasons to get it.

Doofy · Mar 24, 2008, 01:39 PM

Not downloads - streaming.

Which means I'll be sticking to the torrents.

BRussell · Mar 24, 2008, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Nodnarb

That was my thought, too. The only problem is that Apple was able to work closely with Google to get behind the scenes of youTube (TiVo apparently got that privilege recently too) to make the interface polished and Apple-like. For these other sites, (possibly with the exception of Hulu, since it's sort of a centralized hub) there are too many spread about the web in too many different formats and stuff that I don't see how apple would keep their awesome UI while allowing these sites on the Apple TV. I wish it could happen though. I am soooo close to getting an AppleTV, I just need more reasons to get it.

Yeah I guess the main thing is that it would have to 1) be in an AppleTV-compatible format and 2) have a front-end that works with AppleTV. That might be a lot to ask.

But so many networks are doing this now, with NBC's hulu, and ABC does it, etc. It just makes sense to use a TV - how many people want to sit in front of their computer while they watch this stuff?

CharlesS · Mar 24, 2008, 07:11 PM

Some people don't have a TV. I am one of those. What the networks are doing here is extending their traditional business model (free content with ads) to people without TV sets but with Internet access. The result is that we can watch their programming for free without owning a TV set and a cable plan, the networks get more ad revenue, everyone wins.

It doesn't surprise me at all, frankly.

FireWire · Mar 24, 2008, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

"Every South Park Ever for Online for Free (Legally!)"

Grammar ? WTF ?

-t

You ignoranus! that's a purrfectly legit way for to write! Even Borat got it right:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laminar · Mar 24, 2008, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I thought this was spam until I saw your name, then I knew it wasn't spam, but just as worthless

Fixed?

turtle777 · Mar 24, 2008, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

Some people don't have a TV. I am one of those. What the networks are doing here is extending their traditional business model (free content with ads) to people without TV sets but with Internet access. The result is that we can watch their programming for free without owning a TV set and a cable plan, the networks get more ad revenue, everyone wins.

It doesn't surprise me at all, frankly.

I don't think there is a lot of *new* people to win.

Someone who doesn't own a TV doesn't own it FOR A REASON.
Someone who can't afford a TV surely can't afford a decent computer and high bandwidth internet connection.

You, for instance, don't own a TV because you (most likely) don't think there is stuff worth it to watch on TV. If there was (in your opinion), you would have a TV. Right ?

-t

SpaceMonkey · Mar 25, 2008, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I thought this was spam until I saw your name, then realized there must've been something to it and clicked on the thread. This is...surprising.

I wonder if this will become a trend?

The networks have already been doing this with select shows. Every episode of "Lost" is on the ABC website for streaming (with ads).

Edit: D'oh, BRussell beat me to it.

JoshuaZ · Mar 25, 2008, 10:02 AM

Holy crap! It works in Japan! Every other 'legal' streaming site won't let me watch their videos abroad. Kudos South Park. Kudos.

CharlesS · Mar 25, 2008, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

I don't think there is a lot of *new* people to win.

Someone who doesn't own a TV doesn't own it FOR A REASON.
Someone who can't afford a TV surely can't afford a decent computer and high bandwidth internet connection.

It's more a matter of priorities. It may not be so much that someone can't necessarily afford to buy a TV as that someone doesn't want to have yet another bulky thing cluttering up their place, or that someone doesn't want to pay however much the cable company wants for service every month for something that they don't consider important.

You, for instance, don't own a TV because you (most likely) don't think there is stuff worth it to watch on TV. If there was (in your opinion), you would have a TV. Right ?

Instead of such an absolutist stance, I'd say that it's more that I don't usually watch enough TV to justify the clutter and expense. If it's free and on the Internet, some people are going to browse through it every now and again. It helps that you don't have to watch a particular show at some fixed time and work your schedule around that.

Brien · Mar 25, 2008, 04:37 PM

Uncensored too. Awesome.