MPAA now targeting tv file sharing

jtwn · 13-05-2005, 14:39

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds21163.html

ShunTV gone, btefnet appears to be down ' Releases are on hold, possibly for the entire night, until we have a better understanding of the current situation. We have NOT been sued!'.

bmxbandit · 13-05-2005, 15:06

im surprised it's got anything to do with the MPAA, i thought they were just movies...
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MPAA press release:

http://www.mpaa.org/MPAAPress/2005/2...BitTorrent.pdf

punky · 13-05-2005, 15:16

This really annoys me. TV is a totally different situation to movies.

A movie, there isn't much excuse for piracy, except for odd independent releases here and there. They are released worldwide, and then they play several times a day in cinemas for a few weeks, and then they are available to rent for months and months. It is easy to legally see a movie.

TV on the other hand... If I miss a TV program, or recorder is on the wrong channel, that's it I have blown my chance to see it, possibly for years until I am lucky enough for it to come out on DVD. Something like Neighbours, would never make it on to DVD. I then have to be lucky enough to catch a repeat, that isn't advertised all that well. Some programs in the US will never make it over here, so we won't ever have a legal opportunity to watch it.

I can understand the MPAA going after movies and protecting the big movie companies, but TV programs being swapped should be given some freedom. How about only allowed to distribute after the original broadcast date, and all adverts have to remain intact?

**Chris** · 13-05-2005, 15:35

Earlier this week I obtained a copy of the new series of H2G2, Quandary Phase part 1, because I missed its broadcast and I missed the 7-day Listen Again deadline on the website. Admittedly it's radio, not TV, but it's the same principle. In the case of the BBC I have no problem with acquiring a copy from someone else who recorded it. After all, my licence fee payed for the darned thing! I would say similar about ITV probably, as it is free-to-air and paid for by advertisers. I don't know what to think about TV recorded from a subscription channel ... the only stuff I have ever acquired in that category is some eps of BSG from a forum member, but again I subscribe to Sky One anyway and simply missed them when broadcast.

bmxbandit · 13-05-2005, 15:39

i'd lke to buy simpsons episodes rather than download them, but sadly the dvd release is currently lagging behind tv by ten years.

good call, fox network...