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Originally Posted by gideongallery
and the only way you can legitimately make that bullshit arguement is to demand the criminalization of tivo and pvr.
Of course if you (and robbie) keep making the arguement that those technologies are good, arguing that i shouldn't be allowed to do the exact same thing using a cloud
(especially when the courts recognized that right) is just plain stupidity.
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Gideon
for such an apparently educated person - you are not seeming very smart
tivo and pvr are devices used to allow a person to 'timeshift' their viewing rights in their own home - privatly (and don't give me the bullshit about inviting friends over to watch - thats no different then letting them come over and watch the actual brodcast) That was the intent of the current laws.
rapidshare, p2p, clouds, and torrents are all publically available - globally.
they are not even remotely the same thing (other than in principal)
content ripped off of private websites that do not offer DVD or brodcast on public airwaves should NOT be available for public 'timeshifting'
The governments are starting to realize that there needs to be a distinction made. And they are going to rule against the public distribution methods or copyrighted content. They will not rule against tivo pvr VCR DVD etc... used by a private person for private use
They will rule against mass public distribution of copyrighted works. Free distribution to people that don't own the 'timeshifting rights' to the work.
your 'timeshifting' arguement falls flat as soon as you use a globally publically available 'storeage' method.
I know you don't like it - but there it is.
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