[CrazedZooChimp]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=16138.msg180118#msg180118 date=1479747602]
[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=16138.msg180107#msg180107 date=1479744426]
How in the world is it "literally stealing" if the person can't even buy the thing if he wanted to?

You can't buy it from the firm you are doing business with today.  Everyone in the USA can buy Pac-12 Nets.  One could buy DirectTV AND cable.  One could switch to cable or Dish.

It is available for sale, at least for those in the USA.  For those living outside the USA I get the not available story, but for most on this board the objective has been to stay loyal to DirecTV and steal from the Pac-12 Nets and its owners, including the Stanford Athletic Department.

We are in year 5? 6? of the Pac-12 Nets.  Pac-12 is missing out on millions of DirecTV dollars.  DirecTV is able to hold the line, in part, because some of its customers are stealing.  Kind of that subtle, "victim-less" crime stealing, but still enjoying unauthorized distribution of material owned by the Pac-12.
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This is just false. There are plenty of places where you don't have the option at all. And it's not stealing, saying that just makes you look ridiculous.
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Are you sure? Because I'm pretty sure DISH is available anywhere in the US that DirecTV is, but I guess I'm not 100% positive.

Also, this year SlingTV added the Pac-12 Network, unless that somehow ended in the last month (http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/07/pac...s-sling-tv), so I'm real skeptical that someone with an internet connection can't get Pac-12 Network legally.

DirecTV isn't going to ever cave and add the Pac-12Network as long as it's users complain to the Pac-12 about it instead of to DirecTV, or refuse to switch. I've got no sympathy for people who complain about the Pac-12 because they're illegal stream sucks (which the OP seems to have, but never clarified whether it was a legal stream cutting off or not) when they refuse to switch providers.

Or, geez, just get the password from someone who has Comcast or DISH and watch it legally in HD. Your stream won't suck, it won't give you viruses, and the network can still track you as a viewer for future negotiations with cable/internet/onlineTV providers.

[CrazedZooChimp]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=16138.msg180118#msg180118 date=1479747602]
[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=16138.msg180107#msg180107 date=1479744426]
How in the world is it "literally stealing" if the person can't even buy the thing if he wanted to?

You can't buy it from the firm you are doing business with today.  Everyone in the USA can buy Pac-12 Nets.  One could buy DirectTV AND cable.  One could switch to cable or Dish.

It is available for sale, at least for those in the USA.  For those living outside the USA I get the not available story, but for most on this board the objective has been to stay loyal to DirecTV and steal from the Pac-12 Nets and its owners, including the Stanford Athletic Department.

We are in year 5? 6? of the Pac-12 Nets.  Pac-12 is missing out on millions of DirecTV dollars.  DirecTV is able to hold the line, in part, because some of its customers are stealing.  Kind of that subtle, "victim-less" crime stealing, but still enjoying unauthorized distribution of material owned by the Pac-12.
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This is just false. There are plenty of places where you don't have the option at all. And it's not stealing, saying that just makes you look ridiculous.
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Are you sure? Because I'm pretty sure DISH is available anywhere in the US that DirecTV is, but I guess I'm not 100% positive.

Also, this year SlingTV added the Pac-12 Network, unless that somehow ended in the last month (http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/07/pac...s-sling-tv), so I'm real skeptical that someone with an internet connection can't get Pac-12 Network legally.

DirecTV isn't going to ever cave and add the Pac-12Network as long as it's users complain to the Pac-12 about it instead of to DirecTV, or refuse to switch. I've got no sympathy for people who complain about the Pac-12 because they're illegal stream sucks (which the OP seems to have, but never clarified whether it was a legal stream cutting off or not) when they refuse to switch providers.

Or, geez, just get the password from someone who has Comcast or DISH and watch it legally in HD. Your stream won't suck, it won't give you viruses, and the network can still track you as a viewer for future negotiations with cable/internet/onlineTV providers.