So, Viacom and DirecTV are unhappy with each other. Viacom wants more money, specifically "a fee increase of more than 30 percent, amounting to more than $1 billion in additional costs over five years," according to Bloomberg. Some Viacom properties have seen ratings dips in recent months, most notably Nickelodeon, reports Entertainment Weekly.

DirecTV doesn’t want to pay that much, and as a result, has dropped all Viacom programming, which includes Comedy Central (No Jon Stewart!), MTV, Nickelodeon and others from its customers' TV options.

So, in a tit-for-tat move, Viacom is now trying to get fans of its content to pressure DirecTV into calling the satellite provider by removing free episodes online, including "Jersey Shore" and "The Daily Show."

Public Knowledge, a public advocacy group, has called this move "unprecedented."

"Viacom has decided to take a service away from all Internet users in its attempt to punish DirecTV," wrote John Bergmayer, senior staff attorney, on the organization’s website on Wednesday.

"It is apparent that Viacom puts little stock in the Internet and the online future of video if it is willing to use all Internet users as a pawn in its negotiations. We hope that Viacom and DirecTV can work out their differences quickly so that people can continue to access Viacom's popular content lawfully."

Negotiations between the two parties are still ongoing. In the meantime, no one tell these guys about BitTorrent, OK?