why are tv show dvds so expensive...

[preslove]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: acemcmac
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i thought lifers knew better than to promote illegal activities on this forum?

Timeshifting and torrenting both produce the same xvid files. These are completely arbitrary distinctions that have no relevance whatsoever to what would be considered "right" or "wrong," only what is "legal" and "illegal." This is corporate imposed morality.

When the content industries stop arbitrarily deciding what I can and can't do with movies and tv shows that they give away by broadcasting over the air, I'll stop arbitrarily deciding what I will and will not pay for. Fvck them. If that puts me in violation of some forum rules, I'll take my chances speaking my mind.

Well, the content providers would rather you not be able to use a tv recorder. It isn't illegal because they do the same thing that vcr's do, i.e. record broadcasted content, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of betamax or vhs (don't remember which) back in the day. Thus the distinction arizes from the courts, not the content providers.

I agree with you, though, that downloading torrents is ethical as long as tv recording is ethical.

 

[Baked]

I use VHS tape. Who's laughing now?

 

[jpeyton]

On three completely unrelated tangents:

Costco has a 200pk of TDK 16X DVD-Rs for $39.99.

DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter are free to download.

Netflix is $17.99 per month, 3-at-a-time unlimited.