Mental Note: Don't promise to post something the next day unless you already have it written.

Moving on...

I did want to address one other issue from the Wired post of a couple days ago.  In it the author makes a point to quote this person...

User reaction to the move was swift and predictable. “Well, off to the torrent sites,” one wrote on Hulu’s Sunny forum. “Hulu blows!” declared another. “Whose retarded idea was that?”

and then referenced them later...

That guy on Hulu’s user forum who was turning to the Torrent sites? Kilar reads these forums all the time. The executives who control Hulu’s programming should do the same.

Clearly the author is trying to make a point, namely that people will turn to Torrent sites if Hulu doesn't do exactly as they say.

I'm sorry but this just doesn't track for me.  It's a basic premise of human nature that people take the path of least resistance.  We as human beings seek out a path that will deliver the most value for the least amount of effort.

There are factors that can cloud our judgement as far as what that path is but if there's a path that obviously provides more for less people will take it.

Torrents, for better or worse, beat Hulu in just about every way.  They are generally of higher quality, you get to keep the copy, there are no commercials, etc...  There's really only one aspect where Hulu is better (instant access) and with today's quick connections and widespread torrent use that's not even really an issue.

So if you aren't already using Torrents it's probably because there's something artificially inhibiting you.  Making the path seem like it will require more effort.  That something is...the law. 

Which all brings me back around to my point.  If you're the type of person who is willing to risk Torrent use than you're probably already using them.  If not you're probably stuck with Hulu.  The only people who claim they're going to drop Hulu for torrents are the people who already use torrents and who stumbled upon the Hulu blog post through a news site.  They aren't using Hulu they're just trying to make Hulu think they were a user so Hulu will be hurt by their decision (which, of course, wasn't actually their decision in the first place)