Kevin Gowen wrote:

> I don't know what "exactly the same result" is supposed to mean. You 
> have a copy of a television broadcast that you did not pay for. You 
> could achieve this means by any number of means, from using your DVR to 
> armed robbery. Is that exactly the same result? I don't know.

Sounds more like a list of excuses to justify corporate greed than any 
reasonable defense of a published work.

Exactly what copyright control are the networks exercising when they 
throw a broadcast out into the stratosphere for anyone with a properly 
configured receiver to capture in the first place?  Would the networks 
feel better of Jeff promised not to fast forward through the ads (maybe 
making him agree to hit the "Freeze" button if he has to get up to use 
the bathroom or get a glass of his favorite beverage) and to watch them 
in their entirety, thus justifying the original payment (to the network) 
for the transmission?

CL