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Ignatius · 02-04-2007, 13:36

Your problem is this:

The only legitimate (legal) use for recording of TV programs is not archiving, but timeshifting. Some content providers require that their content is only available for certain amounts of time, and that it is NOT copyable off the V+ box (ie, they protect it with Macrovision). If the V+ provided direct access to its hard disk, then it would be unable to enforce these policies.

If they allowed you to archive all the episodes of (choose your poison - dr who, cold case, .....) why would you go out and buy the box sets? - you wouldn't!

Just because people have been doing this for years - first with VHS then with DVDR - doesn't mean it's legal.

(I'm not trying to tell people what to do - just pointing out a valid reason why Virgin Media would not want to support it)

02-04-2007, 13:36	#8
Ignatius Inactive Join Date: Dec 2005 Services: 10:45 and 18:30 most sundays. All Welcome! :) Posts: 133	Re: V+ - Watching on PC and Ethernet socket Your problem is this: The only legitimate (legal) use for recording of TV programs is not archiving, but timeshifting. Some content providers require that their content is only available for certain amounts of time, and that it is NOT copyable off the V+ box (ie, they protect it with Macrovision). If the V+ provided direct access to its hard disk, then it would be unable to enforce these policies. If they allowed you to archive all the episodes of (choose your poison - dr who, cold case, .....) why would you go out and buy the box sets? - you wouldn't! Just because people have been doing this for years - first with VHS then with DVDR - doesn't mean it's legal. (I'm not trying to tell people what to do - just pointing out a valid reason why Virgin Media would not want to support it)