Exactly, why watch TV. Just download the shows you cant miss and watch them on your computer.
I often find myself downloading programs I'm going to miss rather than setting up the VCR. Normally the ones I download are recorded from cable with far superior image quality (IQ sucks where I live and I'm not in a cable area). It's also saving me a small fortune in videotapes (but costing a small fortune in new HDDs).
The vast majority don't want to pay more taxes - but they still want all the services.
Sad, but true. It's no different this side of the pond. The Liberal Democrats have been saying for as long as I can remember that they'll raise taxes in order to pay for improved healthcare, education, etc.. Guess what, they're still not in government.
Using if for an entire book is just as illegal as downloading the MP3
But the act of placing the photocopier in the library is not itself per se illegal. Can the library be held responsible if their patrons misuse it? (genuine question, I don't know the answer). Now how about if it has a disclaimer above it?
I don't know if it has been tried yet, but a possible defence for people leaving music shared on their P2P clients might be "I want to listen to my music collection from work". Provided they own the CDs from which the rips were made, that defence may well stand up. They could argue that just because the files were available doesn't give anyone else the right to download them.
Personally I have rips of my CD collection shared precisely so I can listen to them from anywhere with a reasonably fast net connection (hotels when I'm travelling on business, etc. etc.). I use a VPN to make sure I'm the only one can access them, but for the non-geeks out there that may not be practical.
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I often find myself downloading programs I'm going to miss rather than setting up the VCR. Normally the ones I download are recorded from cable with far superior image quality (IQ sucks where I live and I'm not in a cable area). It's also saving me a small fortune in videotapes (but costing a small fortune in new HDDs).
But the act of placing the photocopier in the library is not itself per se illegal. Can the library be held responsible if their patrons misuse it? (genuine question, I don't know the answer). Now how about if it has a disclaimer above it? I don't know if it has been tried yet, but a possible defence for people leaving music shared on their P2P clients might be "I want to listen to my music collection from work". Provided they own the CDs from which the rips were made, that defence may well stand up. They could argue that just because the files were available doesn't give anyone else the right to download them. Personally I have rips of my CD collection shared precisely so I can listen to them from anywhere with a reasonably fast net connection (hotels when I'm travelling on business, etc. etc.). I use a VPN to make sure I'm the only one can access them, but for the non-geeks out there that may not be practical.