Illegal Downloading

[Misawa]

Premium Sky channels are copy-protected.

If you keep your Sky+ subscription, but unsubscribe from the Sky Movies channels alone, your Sky Movies recordings will be automatically deleted.

[jrh2002]

I just had my sky+ put back on after a year of being on cable and all my movies from before i cancelled it are still there :s even from the premium channels and pay channels. Maybe its a new thing so next time when i cancel sky i will lose them? I get crystal clear films off all film channels on sky if i record to a cdrw.

[DrLacero]

Ok take out sky+ and if i use my dvd recorder to record a film nobody will ever bother me about it so i personally cant see the difference of downloading the film off the net instead. (I just get the films and not the rubbish dvd extras)

Technically it is illegal, copying anything you don't own even for personal use is still breaching copyright laws, people have been prosecuted in the past for things like recording football off TV.

[Misawa]

Yes, but you have those channels. I'm talking about if you never cancel Sky+, you literally just unsubscribe from the Sky Movies package only - Sky has a variety of different packages at different prices, and they state that if you ever unsubscribe from one package, your Sky+ recordings of the channels in that particular package will be removed from your planner.

You are aloud to record anything for personal use only unless it is live sports and premium films, etc, hence why DVD recorders and VHS recorders exist(ed), and have direct channel integration.

[,Jess,]

I download illegally just because it's easy to do so. I buy albums and stuff by artists that I really like but I rarely do buy music because it's expensive in shops.

[Rixion]

Woo for mininova.

[Recursion]

i can't stand watching movies on my PC, I much prefer to watch them on a TV. I used to download a lot of music but now I tend to buy albums as I can just stick them in my car, it's not like the artists and that don't make enough money to cover it.

I stream them over from my PC to our TV using my 360 or our Network Media Player.

[Crimson]

no,
but we all do it.

[Zak]

These companies make millions off selling there merchandise for way more than it is worth.

So yea, I couldn't give a **** if I illegally download anything.

[jrh2002]

There are 1 or 2 people in this thread who seem so anti piracy but then they use music that they bought for personal use and then broadcast to others illegally (copyright laws) which I would class on the same level as me downloading all the new films. I dont care about the law or copyright but some people are just hypocrites.