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Re: I must side with cablevision here said by Tzale:There is a difference... When recorded at home, you can do as you please since there is no difference between a DVR and a VCR... Now, recording at the cable company's headend means that the supplier is recording the content, thus it is illegal. The supplier may be recording the content, but they are still controlling access to it with in accordance to customer's subscription. For example, they will NOT allow you to view any of the recorded episodes of "The Sopranos" if you do not subscribe to HBO.
And speaking of premium cable networks like HBO, seems like they already have their own version of "network DVR". They call it "On Demand", and let you view all of their major content at any time after it officially airs. Seems like Cablevision tried to do the same to all of their channels and charge less than if you were to subscribe to all "On Demand" content individually. Maybe that's what ticked content providers off. If Cablevision were to do it, they would be the one getting paid for this service, and content providers would be getting only a part of the profit.
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| So, by the same token, if you and everyone on your block subscribed to the same CV services you would legally be able to redistribute content that you recorded to all you neighbors b/c Tom Dick and Harry missed their episodes? This is a clear violation of Fair Use. Whether Fair Use is bogus or not is another question. | |
| said by floepie:So, by the same token, if you and everyone on your block subscribed to the same CV services, you would legally be able to redistribute content that you recorded to all you neighbors b/c Tom, Dick and Harry missed their episodes? This is a clear violation of Fair Use. Whether Fair Use is bogus or not is another question. Well, it is bogus. If you apply common sense, then if everyone on your block subscribes to the same CV services, what difference does it make if Tom, Dick and Harry watch their favorite shows live at their own homes or a recording that you made for them? Now, if you gave Tom, Dick and Harry a recording of something that they do not subscribe to, then it would be illegal. But if they are paying for it, then neither content provider(s) nor cable company get deprived of any income, so I don't see what the big deal is. And by the way, how often do people invite their friends to their homes who watch stuff on TV that they may or may not subscribe to themselves? Nothing illegal about that.
As I said before, networks like HBO, SHO, etc. view this as a threat to their On Demand business model, as this is pretty much On Demand taken to the next level. Not only can you watch recorded content from premium networks, but from any channel/network that you subscribe to, and for a lot less. I personally never liked On Demand in the first place, always considered it to be a rip-off compared to a traditional DVR, which I had ever since my cable company switched to digital, and have been very happy with it.
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