[Shotimes] Any "24" fans?

[Dave Garber]

Again, not the same thing. What part of "Broadcast" vs "DVD/Content" don't
you get? The DVD has all of the commercials edited out, has tons of extra
features and often extra footage (and let's not forget the packaging). The
BROADCAST version of the show has been paid for by the advertisers and was
openly available to anyone with a pair of rabbit ears. Sharing that with
someone who missed the initial broadcast (as in, Fox's OWN sharing of the
show) is not a violation of copyright 'nor is it "pirated".

Ripping the DVD version and distributing it WOULD be a copyright violation.
Sharing a copy with a friend - well, you do what you want. If I have
something on DVD/TV/DVR/CD/Whatever a buddy wants, he's more than welcome to
it.


Dave Garber




----- Original Message -----
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: "Mark Nunnally" <marknunnally@joimail.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Any "24" fans?


> The Chicago Tribune (Jan. 29) reported that sales of TV series on DVDs are
a
> $3 Billion market, up from $1 Billion two years ago.  Fox apparently does
> think its DVDs are worth protecting:
> http://dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=2616&categoryID=1
>
> So it's incorrect to say that the broadcaster loses nothing if people swap
> pirated copies of broadcast shows.  They lose in just the same way that
you
> would lose if I were to offer bootleg SHO videos on this list.
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