When I was over there vacationing, I watched a hymenoplasty at 8:00pm on a show called 'Plastic Surgery Live' so showing uncensored versions doesn't seem that far of a stretch.
On 5/23/05, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So this is a bit off topic - but dang - that is pretty cool of the BBC > to show the uncensored version. > > On 5/23/05, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:158414 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
