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| Thread ID: 38891 | 2003-10-21 06:52:00 | DivX legilality? | forrest44 (754) | Press F1 |
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| 185408 | 2003-10-21 06:52:00 | Hi there I was wondering if downloading movies that sell for $30 or $40 in shops off Kazaa (that are formatted in DivX or XviD) is LEGAL or ILLEGAL Zealand right now. I have downloaded about 6 so far (including 2 in XviD). Cheers Forrest. |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 185409 | 2003-10-21 07:18:00 | It is illegal. Just like downloading MP3s and games. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 185410 | 2003-10-21 11:05:00 | Yep it is illegal. So tell me forestt what was your address again I seem to have lost it :D :D :D | Odin (227) | ||
| 185411 | 2003-10-21 11:07:00 | mmmmm....just thinking what i could do with the 5 grand rat money... unless they had a look at the contents of my pc's and locked me up for the next 50 years...... |
metla (154) | ||
| 185412 | 2003-10-21 12:48:00 | *Scans user profile and locates target's IP Address* *Traces IP back to ISP* *Uses inbuilt backdoor password to look up log tables to see who is using IP address at that specific time* *Determines offending user and locates name and address in ISP account details* *Search warrant approved - seeya Thursday* Did I forget to mention I work for internal affairs and the NZ internet crimes police? |
PostPadCop (4721) | ||
| 185413 | 2003-10-21 12:59:00 | :^O :^O :^O DivX/XviD is the reason the internet lives! |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 185414 | 2003-10-21 20:12:00 | haha very funny | forrest44 (754) | ||
| 185415 | 2003-10-21 21:39:00 | I can accept the fact that downloading movies and music is illegal as its basically self-evident but I do have a bit of trouble about TV shows. I get the odd series that has been converted to XVid after being recorded while being broadcast free to air overseas. US TV broadcasters seem to think that is wrong/illegal but personally I do not see that because they have already broadcast it free to air knowing it might be recorded for later viewing because their audience might have to work at the time or whatever. So what do you people think about TV programs? By the way talking of XVid (great codec by the way) has anybody else tried BSPlayer (an alternative to media player that has built in DivX/XVid support)? Personally I am now telling all my friends to chuck media player and go with BSPlayer. If you have not tried BSPlayer I believe you should give it a whirl. It's free too! |
John Grieve (367) | ||
| 185416 | 2003-10-22 00:32:00 | > > US TV broadcasters seem to think that is > wrong/illegal but personally I do not see that > because they have already broadcast it free to air > knowing it might be recorded for later viewing > because their audience might have to work at the time > or whatever . > > So what do you people think about TV programs? > US broadcasters? . . . try all broadcasters,TV programs just like everything else is covered by copyright laws . I believe they amended it to say you could record tv for the purpose of watching at a later date . This amendment was added to reflect the real-life situation rather then any good will on anyone's part But recording television is still in the most part illigal,However as we all know this is not and can not be enforced but the industry fought for many years to keep video recorders from ever coming onto the market,just as they did with blank casette's and cd-to-cd copiers . And as they are doing against file sharing apps . Except this time the horse has bolted already . |
metla (154) | ||
| 185417 | 2003-10-22 00:47:00 | The broadcasters hate recording because people can skip the advertisements. Their business is advertisments. They only have "programmes" to get people watching the advertisments. The new hard disk video recorders had an option to not record the advertisements. I think the manufacturers were forced to remove that. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
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