Legal differences between DVR recording and Pirating

Just wanted some various opinions on this subject. I am completely against pirating of any sort, but yet I am having a hard time differentiating the difference between recording television shows and movies and pirating. Take for example, The Godfather is being shown on TV tonight. I pop a disk in my DVR and record it. I could just as easily have a change of mind, and just decide to download it off the internet. The end result is still the same. I have the Godfather on a disk. Where is the line drawn?

It's a matter of permission.

Movie production companies sell rights to their movies to cable stations to show on their networks. They know full well that once it's on a cable station to the public, then it can be recorded on a DVR or DVD.

If you were to download TRON: Legacy and watch it, then you're watching it through a medium that the production companies did not want you to see it. It also means that the source file was illegally obtained somehow (someone stole it from the studio, recorded it from the theater, whatever).

Also, DVRs are for personal use. You're not distributing it to other people, but if you put the recording on a DVD and passed it off to friends, then you're pirating the movie which is illegal.

There aren't any real differences.

What if the pirated copy has commercials in it? :shock:

Did I blow your mind?

It's a matter of permission.

Movie production companies sell rights to their movies to cable stations to show on their networks. They know full well that once it's on a cable station to the public, then it can be recorded on a DVR or DVD.

If you were to download TRON: Legacy and watch it, then you're watching it through a medium that the production companies did not want you to see it. It also means that the source file was illegally obtained somehow (someone stole it from the studio, recorded it from the theater, whatever).

Also, DVRs are for personal use. You're not distributing it to other people, but if you put the recording on a DVD and passed it off to friends, then you're pirating the movie which is illegal.

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This. Also, when recording on a tape, there are fees involved that were paid so you could tape said movie for personal use.

You can't distribute DVR recordings. wstfld

yes, you most certainly can

You can't distribute DVR recordings. wstfld

[QUOTE="wstfld"]You can't distribute DVR recordings. ferrari2001

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"][QUOTE="wstfld"]You can't distribute DVR recordings. Fuhgeddabouditt