On 01/08/07, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 01/08/07, vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not advocating eye patches and peg legs here, but personally I don't > see > > a moral difference between getting something that's available on demand > free > > from iPlayer via other means. That could be a PVR, or it could be > getting it > > from a torrent. > > The moral difference is in the restrictions. A file from the iTunes > Music Store that you can only play with Apple's proprietary software > is unethical, even if the copy you obtain was via bittorrent. > > Similarly, there are many PVRs that are restricted so you can't, for > example, copy the files to your laptop to watch them on the train.
DRM may be annoying, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it "unethical"; secondly who buys a PVR that DRMs your recording?! On that note, what type of Pirate (Arrgh, me hearties) downloads DRMed Music? If your anti-DRM taargets[sic] are bittorrent and PVRs you're aiming in the wrong direction. Vijay.
