Double R wrote:
> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in
> news:33u2r7F421pciU7@individual.net: 
> 
> 
>>Double R wrote:
>>
>>>"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in news:JRuBd.4495$wZ2.4202
>>>@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Paul Blay wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Bittorrent is not a hassle at all and it's completely free. And it
>>>>>>is lightning fast, particularly if you are downloading a popular
>>>>>>file (like a TV show shortly after it has been aired.) Within 5 to
>>>>>>6 hours after a show has aired it can be found on any bittorrent
>>>>>>search service. An hour show (generally 350MB) can be downloaded in
>>>>>>a little more than half an hour usually.
>>>>>
>>>>>Aren't you supposed to say "or so I have heard." or something at the
>>>>>end there? 
>>>>
>>>>If I were still in the U.S., I might have.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Besides, it's only a crime if it's on PAY TV. 
>>
>>That is incorrect.
>>
>>
>>>Technically, it's a crime 
>>>with FREE TV if you edit the commercials out, but I can't help what
>>>other people do.
>>
>>Um, no.
>>
>>- Kevin
>>
> 
> 
> Then nearly every human being since the 70s can be called into court for 
> recording free TV?  Riiiight.

No, because recording TV in the home (pay or free) is time-shifting, 
which is protected under fair use doctrine. Transmitting indefinite 
copies of copyrighted works across the planet is not time-shifting.

- Kevin