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Old 11-02-2008, 12:25 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Deej View Post
if they are downloading ANYTHING that belongs to someone else without their consent - it is not legitimate - not just because you say it is harmless...

Dork!
totally wrong, the same act that grant you an exclusive rights of distribution put an exclusionary clause around those rights called fair use.

The law itself give me a fair use right to copy content under certain conditions, and the betamax case makes timeshifting one of those conditions.

i have a right to timeshift any show i paid for (when i paid my cable bill) the fact that i use torrents to do that does not change the fact that i still have a right to timeshift shows i paid for.
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