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I actually don't think it is illegal to download TV shows as long as they still have the original commcercials in them. It is only illegal to re-broadcast them, without the original commericals.
I download it just to watch it WITHOUT commercials. Saves me 20 mins of idiotic "Seen of TV" crap.
Oh gee, he downloaded tv shows that are available for free on actual TV, just probably with commercials removed... almost like you can do with a DVR (except you FF through).... gee the calamity of this reckless abandon!
I agree with all of you that the illegality of downloading is rather questionable or laughable.. but I would say logically your arguments are flawed . You can hear songs for free on the radio, but that doesn't make them legal to download.. so why would it be any different for tv shows? Just because they're aired for free, doesn't mean that you're free to download them. TV shows are not free either.. contrary to popular belief, for 90% of all television shows, you have to be paying a subscription to a cable or satellite company to provide that channel.. so in no way is it free.
Maybe RIAA should outlaw everything. VCR DVD BD MP3players DVR PVR and any and all downloadable or streamable digital content. RIAA MPAA should make it a law that you have to watch a performance live in person, period. Afterwards you should never even speak about it publically. Lets get this rolling.. I mean come on what's the hold up! ... freakin ridiculous.
Kristoff.. I think you missed the point of my post. I personally am opposed to the idea that P2P for personal use should be illegal. I'm all for P2P and "pirating".. just getting the same stuff that was played on TV last night anyways. I was just informing those in this thread that seem to believe watching a show on TV is free.. that it isn't free. And that it is a bad example.. like I said, you can listen to songs on the radio for free, but it's still illegal to download them.
On a personal scale, I'm completely opposed to the gustapo oversight by the organizations that feel they have the right to dictate what the consumer is allowed to own and how they should be allowed to acquire this material. The entitlement they feel, to things that are broadcast "freely" is just ridiculous and pathetic. We should have some rights in "the land of the free".. but the RIAA and MPAA says otherwise.
I agree with all of you that the illegality of downloading is rather questionable or laughable.. but I would say logically your arguments are flawed . You can hear songs for free on the radio, but that doesn't make them legal to download.. so why would it be any different for tv shows? Just because they're aired for free, doesn't mean that you're free to download them. TV shows are not free either.. contrary to popular belief, for 90% of all television shows, you have to be paying a subscription to a cable or satellite company to provide that channel.. so in no way is it free.
I agree with you, but the UK is a slightly odd case.
Here we have a kind of "TV tax" - a license fee that everyone with a TV that is capable of receiving free-to-air broadcasts must pay annually. That goes towards funding the BBC, so all their content is provided to the nation for free and there are no adverts/commercials.
My arguement in our case would be that i'm covered by a TV licence for my household, so i'm paying for BBC shows to be produced. Therefore I have no moral objection to downloading BBC content P2P.
Added to this, for shows like Top Gear there is no DVD boxset available (WHY BBC??!?). If there were, I would gladly buy them all.
imo it's about being reasonable.
Yes, there is:
http://www.amazon.com/Top-Gear-10-C...ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247597332&sr=8-1
Not that I would recommend buying that junk biased review tv show other than for it's humor. ... but that is for a whole nother story.
Anyways, time to buy up
I'm I the only one who didn't know who he was before IMDBing him?
None the less his point is only hitting the people who already know what he is saying.