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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Copyright holders would love that, but that is not true.
You record something, you can keep it as long as you want. What you cannot do is that little blurb they used to say at the end of HNIC. You cannot rebroadcast, retransmit or display at public exhibition. In other words , if it is for your own use, you can keep it and view it as many times as you like. However every coutry has their own laws, so if 4x4 is in Italy he would need to figure out what the law is over there.
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Well downloading to keep definitely is illegal regardless of media type or format. I'm not sure how a song would be illegal but a television show wouldn't be.
I believe you can keep it for your own use if you have paid for it one time or fashion. You are still not allowed to watch it more than once if you tape it. Remember television broadcasting happened WAY before VCR's. The industry didn't expect the average person to have that power.
MP3's were the same way. There was a licence to listen to the song ONCE (within a 48 hr period or something) for evaluation purposes.
The blurb you are talking about still holds true even if you bought the DVD. You're not allowed to take it to a school or venue and rebroadcast it even if you have paid for it.
As well in the hockey game example you have given, I believe the television station does give you the right to record and (maybe) 'own' it if you like. It's not intellectual property, it's a live event. Television programs do not work the same way. Either way different programs have diffeent rules, it depends on the producer/owner.
Again these are all technicalities. Many of these things have been done for a long long time. Since you could tape off the radio or the TV. However I believe it still is technically illegal.
It's is illegal to possess any intellectual property you have not paid for/do not have a licence for, or that has not been given with the express constent of being free to use. Period. Format does not change this. It's just been a rule that has been flaunted so much, many aren't quite sure of it. And again it's hard to enforce, and the one guy how has a bunch of Seinfeld episodes for his own viewing pleasure isn't much of a concern anyway. The rebroadcasting is what they do get more concerned about for sure.