Raymond Camden wrote: > Heh, for the _majority_ of us then. ;) > > Let me ask you this though - and the "you" can be anyone actually. > Let's say your country does not have the same copyright laws. Let's > say ABC says, please don't download our shows. Would you feel any > moral obligation to respect their wishes?
No. But I do feel morally obliged to watch them again in X years when they are on a Dutch channel. It is not my intention to rob them of their advertisement income, I just want good quality television. And apart from the whole timeshift idea there are several good technical reasons to download. First of all I hate subtitles. Most of the time the translations are bad, sometimes they are just wrong. Second there is the difference in technical format, i.e. PAN & SCAN and PAL speedup. Then there is often self censorship. (The BBC is the positive exception. They just broadcast a show twice, once censored and once way past midnight uncensored.) And lastly episodes are often broadcasted in the wrong order. Latey that has been happening a lot to Alias, but the best example is Firefly: they did worse then Fox. Jochem Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158398 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
