Comments Thread For: Report Claims More Than 20 Million People Watched Illegal Streams Of Usyk-Fury

[alexnation]

Well…. They kinda did, didn’t they? Lol don’t get me wrong I streamed it too, but I’ll admit it’s because I’m cheap and didn’t want to pay.

I didn't think so. Yes, some fights turned out to be good, but they didn't look appealing on paper, which is the cornerstone of successful selling in this industry. If it were stacked with big names, it would sell like ice cream on a hot summer day, and I would gladly pay for it. Anyway, I streamed

[macmike100]

I could afford it but I can’t justify paying that much for the PPV. For me, that’s about a weeks worth of groceries. If boxing is so great, then put the price lower and more will buy. It’s illegal so I didn’t watch.

[removed]

I'd say it was way more than that number.

People are broke.

[billeau2]

I pay every time and stream never. I obviously don't judge those that do, but I don't steal. I am not happy about paying for mediocrity though.

The question is IF it is stealing. There is always a matter of perspective to consider. If people were taught to not breed incontinently, that if, lets say, one had a family of 3 or less, they were entitled to certain resources... Like water and power, perhaps even land. Instead of assuming these resources belong to he who can claim them. Much land transferred hands in the States through claims as people moved West. Taking the ideas of John Locke regarding "he who could get the land to produce, had a claim on the land" people built communities, etc.

Somewhere down the line as cities got bigger, and people gave more and more power away to profiteers, resources were taken away from public trusts. And while I don't know when this happened, as in a date of sorts, all one has to do is think of a family in the 40's listening to the radio. There was no concept of programing with a fee... The sponsers paid through advertising. Television was initially much the same, until cable tv came along. Originally you paid for cable because they subtracted, took away the ads from television viewing! That was the fee one paid.

Slowly it became the beginning of this nonsense when people paid for the programing. Who had the rights to claim an exclusive domain on the airways? If I clean your airways it is one thing (commercial free). But who gives any commercial enterprise the right to secure a public resource? Lets go back to Locke: If I have an apple tree that comes into your yard, and apples fall, assuming I have to see to the fence bon my side, make sure the tree is secure on my side, is it stealing to take the fallen apples? This example is what ppv is like: They take bandwidth away, they congest the speed of wifi, they depreciate property with their instillations... Why is it stealing if I take a signal coming into my air space?

[hitmanjosh]

It should have been 100 Million, these greedy bastards deserve financial bankruptcy where I'm concerned!

[SteveM]

I watched it in a pub with some work mates - so I paid beer money. But between the lighting being too bright, my casual colleagues asking me too many questions and the volume being too low (or my diminished hearing) I sure wish I had stayed home and streamed it.

[SteveM]

I pay every time and stream never. I obviously don't judge those that do, but I don't steal. I am not happy about paying for mediocrity though.

I try to do more of what makes me happy and less of what makes me unhappy. Paying $90 for a fight makes me unhappy. Watching it for nothing doesn't feel right. But it feels less wrong than paying $90.

[GoonFace9917]

You bet , mirroring the fight in my hotel in mazatlan mex

[Pac=Duran]

Only the 2nd boxing match I bought. The first was Pacquiao vs Marquez 4.

2 of the best fights ever. Great hit rate

[DerekD]

In B•I•D•E•N’s economy I’m streaming it or I can’t afford groceries for the house. (This site literally won’t let me write his name w/out turning it into asterisks lol)