On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:36:19 -0500, "Bill Kawalec"
Post by Bill KawalecPost by Brian MatthewsOn Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:18:00 -0500, "Bill Kawalec"
Post by Bill KawalecPost by s***@yahoo.comPost by daveI've purchased all the DVDs so far and was really disappointed to learn the
season 5 release has been postponed indefinitely. It would be great to see
these episodes again. And if Fox isn't willing to take my hard earned, I'll
find an alternative.
Is anyone out there willing and able to cap and share these episodes online?
There is a group talking about this
here:http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=528515
I might. I got a DVD recorder.
I dunno if this is legal or not though.
it's not.
(which is not to say I'd turn you in)
:-0
From that link;
"From Wednesday, January 16, 3:00AM ET the US TV Channel TNT will
start screening
Season 5 onwards...this is the first time since it was originally on
TV that it
will be screened."
That is just plain WRONG. Court TV and TNT have been thru the ENTIRE
series, many times. As for the legality of recording it to VHS or DVD?
I believe it's legal, as long as you don't distribute the shows.
The question was "cap and share." save your hot air.
I was just pointing out the inaccurate part of the article, it's NOT
the first time seasons 5 thru 12 have been reran. From the web
article;
"this is the first time since it was originally on
TV that it
will be screened."
And that is incorrect.
Post by Bill KawalecFor
Post by Brian Matthewsinstance, if I were to record a show on my PC and burn it to DVD, it's
legal as long as I don't pass it around. But selling it, trading it or
even sharing it is against the law. Giving a copy away is pretty much
a gray area as far as the law is concerned.
no it isn't. who's gonna turn you in though?
The courts disagree. They say it's legal, for personal use.
This was brought into the courts many years ago, back when Betamax
machines first came out.
"The District Court concluded that noncommercial home use recording of
material broadcast over the public airwaves was a fair use of
copyrighted works and did not constitute copyright infringement. It
emphasized the fact that the material was broadcast free to the public
at large, the noncommercial character of the use, and the private
character of the activity conducted entirely within the home.
Moreover, the court found that the purpose of this use served the
public interest in increasing access to television programming, an
interest that "is consistent with the First Amendment policy of
providing the fullest possible access to information through the
public airwaves. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic
National Committee, 412 U.S. 94, 102 ." Id., at 454. 8 Even when an
entire copyrighted work was recorded, [464 U.S. 417, 426] the
District Court regarded the copying as fair use "because there is no
accompanying reduction in the market for `plaintiff's original work."
Selling and trading IS illegal. Giving a copy to someone has never
been addressed in the courts. It's the same as having someone come to
your home and watching a show on Comcast's DVR recorder. It's legal to
rent the DVR from Comcast and it's legal to play a recording when
company is over. If these practices WERE illegal, it would be illegal
for Comcast to lease the DVR boxes, for vendors to sell TV video cards
for computers and for companies to even sell VCR machines.
Here's a link to some court cases about recording TV. It's pretty much
a gray area, like I said. Can I give away a recorded TV show, legally?
Who knows? It's the same way with recording a show and going to
someone's house and watching it. Is that legal? I'm sure some court,
somewhere, has ruled on that, but the general public wouldn't know if
it were legal or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.
Post by Bill KawalecBut selling and trading it
Post by Brian Matthewsare definite no-nos. Just recording a copy for yourself on DVD or VHS
was established legal many years ago when the first Betamax and VHS
machines came out.
Brian