Hey,

As the title states, I'm interested in buying (digitally or boxed version) The Witcher TV Series (IMDB Info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1070742/) (NOT the movie Hexer), in DVD quality, or very close to it.

Could anyone help me out with that? Some info or otherwise, as I can't seem to find it anywhere.

I took some steps firstly, of course:
- asked in official Witcher forums,
- wrote several emails to Poland Television,
but to no avail.

Sure, I downloaded the series from some website I don't want to talk about here, and I'm not proud I did it (plus the quality is what it is), but only because I was desperate to see it (it appeared on YouTube only later).

Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to give me.

No one at all? :<

No, people aren't answering because there's a secret agreement among the Witcher fans to deny the existence of that abomination...

I believe that most copies of this show were buried along the E.T. game cartridges deep in New Mexico's desert.

Right! Some says that Lew Rywin (producer) was jailed for this disaster and not for corruption. Unfortunately it's available on YouTube.

@kojocel I'm strongly recommend to NOT watch this show or movie (short version of TV series). If you did it... don't complain to us... ;-)

I wish I new Polish or the show was dubbed - from what I have seen it can't be that bad. On par with the Legend of the Seeker perhaps.

Found an English Subtitled Set of the 13 Episodes - Downloading now - Thanks for the heads up on this series.

Legend of the Seeker is a simple but fun show that I actually enjoyed.

Witcher on the other hand is a mix of bad acting, bad directing, extremely poor computer effects and it basically rapes the original books. Most of the cast didn't even read the book! When Sapkowski was interviewed about the movie he said he was embarrassed and he wanted to emigrate to other country.

The only good thing about this movie is the brilliant soundtrack which IMO is even better than the one from the games.

If despite all this you still want to watch this thing then remember this: what has been seen, cannot be unseen!

Hello,

Thank you for your opinions on the matter, but as you should have understood from my first post, I watched the series (not only once and I like it, such as it is), and all I wanted was a little info on how to get it, if possible.

Thanks nonetheless for your time.

TV series are rarely copyrighted. Most channels offer their programs for online watching or downloading.
The site you mentioned has all episodes with english subtitles. Why not feel proud about getting them?
Downloading something which is not available for buying is not piracy.

Oh yes it can. It's even worse then bad. Seriously, even if i wasn't a witcher fanboy (and i am) i would struggle to find any redeeming feature in this sorry piece of cinematography.

Granted, this was created pursuant to Polish copyright law (which, according to my research, matches up fairly well with the EU's copyright law), but as this post seems to be addressing TV shows in general, regardless of governing law, I feel the need to correct a few glaring errors in this post.

First of all, TV series are *always* copyrighted, at least under US law; something is copyrighted the moment it is set in a tangible medium. My post, for example, is copyrighted under US law, as is a photo I take with my cell phone; the same applies for television. Now, for all I know, the EU copyright system still requires registration in order to have something protected by copyright (the US does not, except as a formality before going to court), but again, since your statement addresses TV shows as a whole, I would feel remiss if I did not mention this.

Secondly, downloading something that is protected by copyright is *always* piracy, but might avoid penalty if it constitutes some kind of fair use. Given that the whole goal of copyright is to give the creator a limited monopoly over their own work, I sincerely doubt that this point differs in the EU, but I do concede that I do not know for sure. What I do know is that downloading shows like, say, Game of Thrones, which are currently unavailable to buy due to HBO's sluggish releasing schedule, would still constitute copyright infringement.

For those who think that my rambling on US copyright law is pointless, I refer them to my post on personal jurisdiction here: http://www.gog.com/forum/system_shock_2/why_do_you_take_free_games_and_give_them_a_high_price

Fair use is not piracy. So if downloading something is fair use - it's not piracy at all. For example breaking DRM for personal purpose on a stream for which you already paid - is fair use.

Actually, since fair use is an affirmative defense, any infringing activity is still considered infringing per se; the recognition of a fair use merely prevents liability from being assigned in that case. Don't get me wrong, it's a very important defense in a multitude of ways, but it only applies where one is still found to have infringed, and even if it succeeds, the defendant has still infringed under the law.

As to breaking DRM... It depends (from what I have gathered). Some circuits seem to have ruled that way, but I have not found data indicating how other circuits or the Supreme Court have ruled. If that's the majority opinion, great; goodness knows I'd love to try out Mass Effect without the SecuRom nonsense (although, after ME3...)

It's wrong if so. There should be no infringing in using the content legitimately. For example disabled people might need to break DRM for the sake of accessing the content which otherwise they wouldn't be able to access. They don't need to defend the right to do it - copyright restrictions simply shouldn't apply to that case. I.e. I understand fair use not as a defense, but as an area where copyright works differently from its regular mode. Copyright is not a property right - it's a limited government sanctioned monopoly. So in cases of fair use that monopoly is simply reduced.

If still interested I can provide link to Onedrive folder where I keep the whole series safely. It's english-subbed (a bad subtitle work, mind you, sometimes text covers half of a screen - its annoying for polish speakers (like for me for instance) who don't have to read subs; might be less annoying for those who got to focus on reading the subtitles though) and quality is rather low, but its the only such release. Reply to this thread if interested...