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  • Wipe out Internet piracy, get a ratings boost? Not if you’re WWE.

    Wipe out Internet piracy, get a ratings boost? Not if you’re WWE.

    So here's an interesting look at Internet piracy you may well enjoy. The English Premier League complained the other day that illegal Web streams of live games (from Justin.tv and the like) were eating into its profits. No profits, no Premiership, was the implied threat. Then explain this to me: WWE ran a pay-per-view event in June called The Bash, and it marked the first time the company aggressively pursued illegal Web streams (again, from Justin.tv, Ustream, etc.). According to the company's recently released financials, by way of the latest Wrestling Observer newsletter, The Bash was the third least purchased pay-per-view event “in years.”

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  • Every time you watch an English Premier League game online, um, something bad happens. Apparently.

    Every time you watch an English Premier League game online, um, something bad happens. Apparently.

    It's fair to say that the Internet is a complete waste of time. Aside from the odd virtual museum, or learning about the history of the Bantu peoples on Wikipedia, there's very little on there that's worth the time of day, I think. Twitter? Rubbish. Facebook? Old. Hulu? You couldn't pay me to watch network TV anymore.

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