necoandjeff wrote:


> I hardly consider obtaining a copy of a television show thorugh bittorrent
> to be a broadcast or a transmission. Tell me where you would draw the line
> here between legal and illegal.
> 
> 1. My parents videotape a TV show and mail the videotape
> 2. My parents record a TV show digitally, burn a DVD and mail it to me
> 3. My parents record a TV show digitally and e-mail or FTP the file to me
> 4. My parents record a TV show digitally and transfer it to me through P2P
> 5. A friend does any of 1 thorugh 4.
> 6. A stranger does any of 1 through 4.
I rarely say "me too" to KGII, but I think he's right. 1 and 2 are 
clearly good, 6 is clearly bad, and courts are going to split on 3 and 
4. I also notice that none of your examples actually mimic the situation:
7: Stranger burns infinite number of copies of a TV show digitally and 
distributes them in foreign countries indiscriminately without the 
copyright holder's permission.
KWW