So it IS ok to copy copyright works? On 7/6/05, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >From: Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > >To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > >Subject: Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, > >Ltd.,et al. > >Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:27:56 -0400 > > > >I think what he's getting at is downloading a TV show from the internet > >that he did *NOT* record himself, but could have. Is that illegal? > > Yes. You see that warning on every single network broadcast? It states this > program may not be publically broadcast without consent of X network. The > reason being is this; networks broadcast their content without charging > their viewers to watch on the condition that the commercial ad revenue will > keep them in business. Sharing commercial-ripped unauthorized reproductions > naturally will anger the TV network. > > I however dont see what is so terrible in sharing network TV programming in > its entirety, complete with the commercials in place. Sure, home users have > ways to eliminate watching the ads, but as long as the uploader includes > them, I dont see how this is unethical in regards to copyrights. This > applies to network TV, obviously not HBO or what not. > > Sharing of broadcast TV is indeed a grey area. If everybody found ways to > defeat the viewing of ads (either by Tivo, or downloading ripped content), > what will result are ads placed within scenes of your favorite TV show > (which I find more annoying). > > >
-- -jmg Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
