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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Another point to consider - perhaps someone can answer this for me.
I want to watch the first season of Friends. The first season is readily available to me (technically) skewn across the multitude of Cable channels I already subscribe to, and could probably be collected by me via PVR if I was not being lazy, over the course of a week or two.
Is that stealing if I download it illegally?
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Thats the funny thing because technically it is stealing because the companies that own the rights to broadcast the shows lose out on Ad revenue. Services like Hulu are prime examples of a good business plan as they make these shows readily available in one place when you want them all while either charging a fee or making it free but leaving advertisements in.
A better question is if I recorded friends from my TV then removed the ads and saved them to a computer is that stealing? If not then why is it all of a sudden stealing when I share that same show with people?