Are all media companies retarded?

I guess it doesn't matter anyway since the main reason I want broadband is under attack now. The MPAA has decided to go after torrent sites that post TV Shows.

I swear big companies are run by morons. If these guys had a fucking clue they would start posting their own shows on the web with commercials. Make their own bittorrent client that link directly to their own tracker, with people subscribing to their favorite show just like podcasters do now. Give the service away for free. It would put sites like btefnet out of business, and allow the networks to make advertiser dollars at the same time. Unlike TiVo the file would be seen as one piece, making it hard for people to skip the commercials. It would also put a huge dent in TiVo's market, with anyone who has a web connection being able to control their viewing habits. The worries about loss to DVD sales would be squashed by tagging the image with a watermark and using a mp4 or divx format.
It would also help people catch up on shows, that they might have skipped over earlier in the season. I for one would never have given the show Lost a chance if it wasn't for people sharing the show online. I missed the first few weeks, and friends kept telling me it was a show I would like, but nobody had episodes on VHS. (Who knows if it's even legal to tape a show on a VCR for a friend in the MPAA's eyes.) So I was off to search via bittorrent. Thankfully. I was able to find all the missing episodes, and now they not only have me as a weekly viewer, but Lorrie and our kids too. But that's not the story the MPAA wants you to hear, and so they shout it down with claims of piracy and loss revenue.
They could in fact increase their revenue using bittorrent. Charge the adverisers extra for ads sent with the programs. Advertisers would love this. Instead of their ad being over in 30 seconds, it would live on as long as the file remains traded. Who wouldn't like that? Not to mention that if the network produces it's own bittorrent client they would be able to get quick feed back as to how many people are downloading their show. No more having to pay Nielsen to cruch the numbers for them. The tracker would do all the work.
Eventually they could even use it to test market. Wanna know if a sitcom might find an audience? Just post it and within a day or two you'd have a focus group of thousands providing feedback.

These guys are on the dock trying hold on to the rope of a boat that is quickly moving out to sea. My guess is that they will be drug off the dock and drown at sea before they ever reach the new media land.