MTV Networks to put entire South Park Catalogue online in 2008
MTV Networks will make every episode of South Park available for free online in 2008. The availability of South Park signals the start of much more of MTV Network’s back catalogue being made available in this way. [Via Reuters]
The release via Reuters does not stipulate whether the show will be released unencumbered, however much has been made of Comedy Central’s early foray into online distribution where they have an extensive amount of unprotected content at their www.comedycentral.com.
TechDirt brings an interesting opinion to the table, that from it’s origin the popularity of South Park stemmed from the sharing of the show online. Indeed South Park has often dealt with online culture and online piracy. [Via TechDirt]
Nearly a decade ago Comedy Central was attempting to take down sites that held copies of it’s flagship show. But now sites such as www.southparkzone.com are huge hubs of community activity for the show. MTV Networks is perhaps releasing the material as such to enter this community and hopefully ‘improve the conversation‘.
