So this is a bit off topic - but dang - that is pretty cool of the BBC to show the uncensored version.
On 5/23/05, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raymond Camden wrote: > > Heh, for the _majority_ of us then. ;) > > > > Let me ask you this though - and the "you" can be anyone actually. > > Let's say your country does not have the same copyright laws. Let's > > say ABC says, please don't download our shows. Would you feel any > > moral obligation to respect their wishes? > > No. But I do feel morally obliged to watch them again in X years when they > are on a Dutch channel. It is not my intention to rob them of their > advertisement income, I just want good quality television. > > And apart from the whole timeshift idea there are several good technical > reasons to download. First of all I hate subtitles. Most of the time the > translations are bad, sometimes they are just wrong. Second there is the > difference in technical format, i.e. PAN & SCAN and PAL speedup. Then there > is often self censorship. (The BBC is the positive exception. They just > broadcast a show twice, once censored and once way past midnight uncensored.) > And lastly episodes are often broadcasted in the wrong order. Latey that has > been happening a lot to Alias, but the best example is Firefly: they did > worse then Fox. > > Jochem > > > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Flash MX Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=57 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158404 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
