Watching movies and TV shows that have been umm…somehow find their way on the internet has just exploded over the past year. So who are “the main offenders” off this phenomenon on the net where it’s all about “user shared” content.

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• Graboid has over 60,000 full length media files, they actually have the audacity to charge for better features. Client download required, no thanks.
• Joox.net - Another popular service that has DivX format videos.
• Online Cinema - Title says it all.
• PeekVid - A very big resource bad, bad place for TV shows, movies, cartoons, music, anime and more.
• FlickPeek - Also another big resource bad bad place, who knew so many movies are available to watch online. You have been warned about the pop ups.
• CinemaNow - Finally, someone who is legit! You can download some never before seen movies here, there are some titles that I have just not heard of in my life. Prices start at $3.99, they have a free 7 day trial so you have nothing to lose. {affiliate link}

Basically what I’m trying to say is that more and more internet users around the world know that they can access these types of sites online. It’s time corporations in the entertainment industry realize this and instead of closing down each and every single site, try to open themselves up and embrace the technology.

Even when copies of The Simpsons Movie were leaked on torrent sites it showed no real loss to the films take at the box office, that was just one case there are many more.

Startups like Joost, Jaman and Babelgum are doing things differently by adding content to their library. But then again there is the nonsense of some content available only to viewers of certain countries - that’s ridiculous. Either make it available to everyone or don’t have it all. I’ve uninstalled Joost as I saw they segregated content this way, I find it hard to support something when I’m being told that because I live somewhere I cannot access certain content. To me that’s discrimination.

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Hyder has been blogging for the past two years on this blog. He started Weborithm, his web company, in 2007 and along with designing blogs and websites also releases various web related products.