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Re: I must side with cablevision here 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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