What’s funny is that I had this exact experience with this exact show.  When it’s trivial to have it for free, but…

What’s funny is that I had this exact experience with this exact show.  When it’s trivial to have it for free, but nobody is willing to let you pay for it at any price unless part of that price is being in a certain place at a certain time it’s maybe right to have a good long think about the nature of the incentives at play.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones

Yep

Yep

 http://xkcd.com/1357/

Alt text: I can’t remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you’re saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it’s not literally illegal to express.