Originally Posted by gideongallery

just like your a lot less likely to watch the rerun of an episode if you pvr'ed

Again you haven't explained why this potential loss justifies calling it infringement in one case but not in the other.



and reruns are syndicated for revenue too, so if enough people timeshifted with a vcr tv shows got cancelled

In fact that a prove fact

My Own worst enemy had rating as high as heros if you counted pvr'ed viewings

yet it got cancelled because the only ones the advertisers paid for were the live viewings.

Every fair use has cost the copyright holder money, that not the point

It if the money is from liciencing or from extending the monopoly to a medium.

If it the first the fair use is denied, if it the second it is allowed

timeshifting was about choosing reruns over betamax

formatshifting was about choosing cd over mp3

backup/recovery was about choosing buying a new original vs recording your own backup.

access shifting is again about choosing one medium over another canada vs US.