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It's a great shame that all these laws take away with one hand but
don't give back with the other.


Well, like I said in the other reply, there's a law against it but
who would care?

Take, for example "The Banana Splits". I've just downloaded it
because it's not available at all, anywhere. If there was a DVD of
the series available, I'd buy it, but the fact that it's not
available means that the decision makers have worked out it's not a
commercially viable product. That in turn reduces my liability if
anyone works back from de-munging my email address, through my
ISP and comes knocking on my door.

If there was any fairness in the world, it certainly *ought* to make
a difference.

How is that fair, what you are suggesting would mean that no
commercial company would take the commercial risk in marketing such a
recording because everyone would be making copies of a copy made at
first TX (or what ever) when there would have been little chance of a
commercial copy being available - The BBC were never going to release
a series set of (for example) "Life on Mars" before they have
broadcast the whole series as it would have affected the TX viewing
ratings.

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"divoch" wrote in message
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You're not supposed to record stuff then keep it yourself, let alone
lend
it to someone else. Legally, VCRs and subsequent technologies are
supposed
to have had the recording facility for the purpose of "timeshifting" -
when you want to watch something but it doesn't fit in with the time
that's convenient for you.

Is there any written legal definition of how long the "timeshift" can be?


(also, AIUI, you should not allow the
recording to be used by people not normally resident at the TVL licensed
property either).

That does not sound very reasonable if it would mean that I could not
do a recording for a friend who happens to be out at the time of
the transmission and there is no one else who could do it for him
at his household.

divoch wrote:
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"G Hardy" wrote in message
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You're not supposed to record stuff then keep it yourself, let
alone lend
it to someone else. Legally, VCRs and subsequent technologies are
supposed
to have had the recording facility for the purpose of
"timeshifting" - when you want to watch something but it doesn't
fit in with the time that's convenient for you.

Is there any written legal definition of how long the "timeshift"
can be?

(also, AIUI, you should not allow the
recording to be used by people not normally resident at the TVL
licensed property either).

That does not sound very reasonable if it would mean that I could not
do a recording for a friend who happens to be out at the time of
the transmission and there is no one else who could do it for him
at his household.

Yes But Who is going to care. If you where flogging the disc down the pub
some one might get upset
Parking on double yellow lines Is against that law. But its done in plane
view and got away with.


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Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much.