Monday, December 14, 2009

Is downloading TV series (il)legal?

Today I came to think about something I want all pirates of the Internet and the anti-piracy nutters to answer and discuss.

Let us say I have VCR or any kind of personal video recorder and I want to record the latest Dexter episode on TV; so I can watch it the day after as I will be busy during the time it is aired on TV and I really do not feel like waiting for the rerun.

Unfortunately the video recorder fails and my recording fails. Now I have to wait for the rerun and possible spoilers online.

If my intention were to record it to watch it later and I have a paid subscription to the channel that airs Dexter; can I then legally download the episode from Demonoid or TPB?

In theory I should as I already had intended to make a recording of it.

According to the law in most countries I will be unlawfully accessing the material as not intended, so I am not allowed to download it.

What is your opinion?

[Via http://randomoid.com]

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