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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
Just because something has been offered to the public already doesn't mean it's now free for anyone to distribute it however and wherever they see fit.
If a store has a 2 for 1 sale one week and then a week later you go in and buy one product and steal the second, is that OK because they were giving that item away for free a week ago?
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so we are doing the false theft analogy again, re read the post above copyright infringement is not theft. There is no point in making any arguement but that.
copyright infringement is a fraud not a theft.
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But if users want to record TV shows, they can. Individuals are allowed to DVR and archive any TV show they want for private viewing. It's totally legal. It's the redistribution they are not allowed to do. Where do you see that as too restrictive?
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100% wrong
if what you were saying was true then sony would have been forced to include a recording key that prevented a tape recorded on one of their vcr to play successfully on another vcr. UNIVERSAL DID NOT GET SUCH A RIGHT.
in 1970 if i failed to tape "knight rider" for some reason (ie the power went out) i was perfectly within my right to call up a friend and borrow his copy of the show. If i passed it on to other friends who were on the same block and missed the show too, that was also legal.
In 2008 if i missed "knight rider" (the new crappy one) the modern day equivalent of borrowing a tape is connect to the torrent swarm.
Remember the court just recognized using a cloud as a time shifting device
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/victory-dvrs-cloud
since a swarm is just a cloud we are a hair breath away from explictly justifying that use as well. (which is the real reason why many people believe the MPAA stop going after individuals)
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But most people who are the most adamant supporters of filesharing are usually broke and therefore probably don't have cable TV or a DVR. I feel for them but we live in a world where you have to pay for certain luxuries.
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99.5% of the US population has at least one TV. 97% have two or more tv per household. using torrents to download TV shows requires a fast internet connection which only 60% of the population has (the top 60% btw).
The really poor people, the ones who can't afford cable, are not going to the torrent sites. IF they can't afford cable, they definately can't afford really fast internet connections.
I would bet that most are like me, they paid $15/month for a PVR
it was crappy box, which failed to tape their shows, missing the last 5 minutes, losing all your setting when the power goes out. Having family accidently delete a show you haven't watched yet.
realized that torrents have none of those problem. and just switched to a better solution.
I built a dedicated torrent recorder. I spent more on hardware then i would have to buy a tivo/pvr to make my torrent recorder.