Re: Are DVR machines worth the money?
Originally Posted by
Bruce
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There is still speculation that TV programs rights are impossible to pursue because the courts have already ruled that recording and replaying programs is 'fair use' so any claim would have to prove that the person sold the program for profit
Not convinced of this TBH. My understanding was that there was a grey area between actually recording (keeping a copy of) a film, and just streaming the content to your home device to view it without actually recording it.
I have a recollection that the EU permitted streaming but that making recordings was a clear breach of copyright law.
Originally Posted by
Bruce
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even of they successfully sued a 1000 people the money they could recover would not even cover their costs.
A valid point but, given the film industry is a multibillion dollar business, I would imagine it would be worthwhile to make a few examples as loss leaders. If they are losing billions in revenues to pirated films, then why not spend say $1m to sue a number of people and spread that news across the internet? Only a matter of time imho.
Originally Posted by
Bruce
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This means that just about everybody will be using a VPN service.
These companies are not the NSA they do not have the ability or resources to track people who are using even a simple VPN service.
Possibly true, but I'm not naive enough to believe that people using VPN can not be tracked. I don't believe the spiel from the VPN companies. They say they don't keep logs (which I don't believe) but they also say that if requested by the authorities they WOULD allow your account activity to be monitored. In which case someone else, not the VPN company, could track you and keep logs.
I guess much here depends on who and what you believe the VPN companies are. Do you believe that they are largely criminal organisations who exist to provide a working platform of anonymity to millions of other criminals so they can't be tracked?
Or are they professional service companies who would happily cooperate to rid the internet of criminal activities?