As far as I understood it the laws were amended towards the end of last year to allow recording of tv broadcasts and also to make backups of your music cd's for use on iPods etc.
A number of FTA providers now offer free downloads of the shows after they have aired anyways, only problem is they are in DRM'ed formats and require a specific player to view them. Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Oldham, Toby > Sent: Tuesday, 6 May 2008 3:46 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: Off topic: Death Note > > > Ah - an excellent topic of discussion. > > I believe it's illegal in Australia to record free-to-air broadcasts, > even > for personal use only (Australian Copyright Council - G079v04 - 'Fair > Dealing'). > > Given that 99.99% of Australians ignore the law in this regard, should > you > feel bad in advocating a P2P client/service to obtain a copy of the > program, > especially as: > > A) The program has already aired in Australia and B) The program has > already > been paid for by the tax paying public. > > T. > > P.S. You could argue that P2P services are a mass distribution system > that > by their nature breach the 'for personal use only' premise, in that you > upload and download simultaneously. > > A VHS recording requires additional steps, i.e. effort, to generate the > same > result. > > So is it less about the act, and more about the likely-hood of the act > occurring? > > > On 6/5/08 3:17 PM, "Kyle Kreusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Cough cough Torrent cough Cough > > > > On 5/6/08, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was charged with recording Death Note, ABC 2, last night and > forgot!! > >> Did anyone make a recording that I could have a copy of and win > back my > >> daughter-in-law? > >> Merv > >> -- > >> "Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must > also > >> believe in order to see." > >> > >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > >> Archives - > >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > >> Guidelines - > >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
