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Old 05-10-2011, 05:14 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Tempest View Post
Again.. Paying my cable bill does not mean I now own the content. Just that I have the rights to timeshift the shows that I've paid to be able to see so I can watch them at a more convenient time, not over and over again etc.
you might want to re look at the betamax case or the testimony to congress after they lost that case

they clearly talked about people saving their favorite shows for years on tape cassettes.

the right of timeshifting has always been that expansive.



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Regardless, the laws are what they are and until actual intelligent people change them, the rampant piracy, stealing of content will continue.

yup and this ruling overstepped those bounds by a long shot.
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