Arpig
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OK, various people have tried to explain it to you to no avail, so I will try my hand at it. It is illegal to make copies of a copyrighted material. Period. However, there is an exception, known as "Fair Use". The principle of Fair Use is basically that if you buy a physical copy of a record, book, movie, etc. then you have a right to make copies for your personal use. Say buy a CD and copy it to cassette to use in your car, or something like that. This doesn't apply to the movies you watch off the satellite TV because you didn't purchase a copy of the movie. What you paid for was the service that delivers the movie to you, not the movie. It's basically the same thing as going to the theatre, you are paying for a viewing, not purchasing a copy, which is why you aren't allowed to tape the film off the screen. Now, you are allowed to save the film to your DVR, because that is a non-transferable medium. It's available only to you in your home. This falls within the license agreement of the TV provider, to allow you to save it and watch it at a later time. However, once you copy it from the DVR to the disk, you have "stolen" it, because you do not have the right to do so, Fair Use does not apply, because you haven't purchased a physical copy of the film. Do you see the difference?
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