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4WDTV Download
strapping young lad:
not to wee on your fire lee but how legal is this?
Bob696:
Its "free to view" from a community channel.
It is a bit of a grey area tbh
It will be a bit like videoing something off the telly and letting someone else watch it. As long as you are not charging for it and do not keep it for more than 30 days then there shouldnt be a problem.
BrumLee:
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Suppose I'll have to watch it again to see if there's any copyright infringements, shouldn't be too painful :wink: :lol: :lol:
There was a debate on whether the downloading of TV programs did harm to ratings. The study found that the geeks (official name for Star Trek, Dr Who, etc fans) who downloaded programs ahead of veiwing in their own country actually help to boost veiwers by ranting on about how good these programs are. So by downloading and talking about programs you actually do the producers a favour. Programs like "Lost" are downloaded and sold on ebay, but these are shown on terrestrial TV for free albeit some months later and with a fan database before it's screened.
So where is the illegality in veiwing or owning a program that will be free to veiw?
4WDTV may come to Men & Motors when they've worn the tapes out of what they already show :roll: :lol: . But without the downloads we may not of come across this excellent and informative program. I'll be writing to M&M (mmmmm chocolate :lol: ) and ask if they will consider screening 4WDTV as there must be a good few 4x4 fanatics here willing to watch it :wink:
Neil Jones:
From what I understand as long as the programme being downloaded has not been released or scheduled for release as a video/DVD then sharing them is ok. There is a site I use called http://www.uknova.com that shares programes that have been shown on TV here. There is an FAQ section which I believe says why what it is doing is legal.
Bob696:
--- Quote ---So where is the illegality in veiwing or owning a program that will be free to veiw?
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It is illigal (and always has been) to keep a program or film that has been shown on TV for more than 30 days. How many of us have an old VHS tape with a favourit film knocking about that they taped a couple of years ago ? :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
:lol:
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