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Is downloading a TV show illegal?
One could argue that it's the property of a major company, but they show it on TV. If you tape it with a blank VHS or DVD, would that be as illegal, or perfectly legal? TiVo is the same, recording the show to its hard drive for you to watch later. You've copied it to your own device for your own use, you copy it from the internet to your computer to watch, would that be the same thing, or piracy? Why?
legal or illegal people do it and i condone it, **** the multi billion rip off company's... obviously i dont down load illegally cos thats just wrong. but i the word on the street is lime wires good for that kinda shit. obviously i dont know first hand tho
I think you'll find that alot of stuff is illegal or atleast should be when its not. Confused? yeh thought so. What I mean is, if there is a speed limit, why would people sell NOS? (nitrous injection which propells cars upto almost double their speed). It's restricted in most races so why is it legal when it is used in an illegal activity? Same with downloading stuff, breaching copyright is illegal, sharing it isnt. ?????
You need expressed writen consent from the network of the show, because you are downloading it from an outside source other than the network. If the source that you are downloading it from has the consent form the network then it is fine, as long as you do not distribute it in any way. This is all presumption of course.
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Well by watching it on the internet and not on TV you take away from their ratings. So I could see it being illegal. In any case I think they'll survive. I mean it's sorta an inconvenience to download already free shows so it's not like it's going to sweep the nation or anything.
Last edited by Afro Cheese on Jan 25th, 2005 at 05:02 AM
THey call those people pirates.And in a way they are.But if they want to download a tv show I think there is nothering wrong with it.JM
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I see nothing wrong if you want to download it, as long as you watch it on the re-run of the season in the summer, so they can keep their ratings. I only see it was bootlegging, like after I went to New York, Battery Park was LOADED, it was absolutely ****in ridiculous at how much stuff is bootlegged there.
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Isn't actually taking a purchased VHS into someone else home and letting them watch it "illegal" also? I always thought it warned against that on the little legal bit on the beginnings of the videos.
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Is downloading a TV show illegal?
Jan 24th, 2005 06:43 PM
