On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:51:48 +0200 J <j...@mailsorter.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> artisticforge . wrote: > <snip> > > get_iplayer, bypasses all of that and is grabbing a digital copy of > > the BBC content. there is a fundamental difference. > > > > I don't follow your overall argument. My Foxsat DVR grabs digital > copies of broadcast media and the cheapo sat card in my PC similarly > dumps the ts straight to disk. I can hear/view those files without > restriction and anyone in the UK could do the same. I started a reply and gave up because of the contradictory nature. It seems he was OK with people using the best technology in the past (VHS era), but these days people should not use the best technology can offer. We should use artificially complicated and limited things instead so that it is like the past. Screen capture means the computer cannot be used as a general purpose device, it has to be used as a recording machine while the thing is on. Plus there are supposedly shortcomings with the software, it doesn't do what it is meant to very well by the sounds of it. But of course in the past a major US movie exec hammed it up in court trying to get home video tech banned to protect cinemas and the movie biz status-quo. But those benefiting off the status-quo mostly ended up with a better lot, home video tech opened the door for rentals and video sales. What worry about things now is likely mis-guided. Nick _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer