btefnet

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » May 13, 2005, 2:39 am

Killed off?

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » May 13, 2005, 7:19 am

If so it happened sometime during the last 18 hours.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 13, 2005, 7:34 am

They got sued.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5705142.html

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » May 16, 2005, 11:41 am

I hate these fucking stupid assholes. The CONTENT IS PUBLICALLY BROADCASTED YOU MORONS. Going to be hilarious when they try to ban Tivo.

miir · Post by **miir** » May 16, 2005, 12:08 pm

Stragi wrote:I hate these fucking stupid assholes. The CONTENT IS PUBLICALLY BROADCASTED YOU MORONS. Going to be hilarious when they try to ban Tivo.

Just because something is broadcast, does not make it public domain.
Cable television broadcasts are not public broadcasts.

By your moron logic, songs on the radio are PUBLICALLY BROADCAST so you are within your rights to steal them as well...

And since when does TIVO facilitate peer to peer sharing/trading/stealing?

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » May 16, 2005, 8:57 pm

Just shits me that they go after "percieved" loss rather than real ones.

My downloading episodes of Family Guy, a show that's never screened in Australia, hardly costs them anything. If they were smart about it, they could use the traffic to support a case for selling the show to the Australian market instead of whining.

However, when I see torrents for complete DVD sets, or movies that are currently in the theatres, then I cringe.

btefnet mainly let people catch up on shows they missed or time-shift, really very inoccuous. The site that I've found since that shut down has far more movies, software, complete sets, etc. Good job on protecting your content.

Deward · Post by **Deward** » May 23, 2005, 11:20 am

I downlaod quite a few TV shows. Usually because I missed them at their normal time slot. I don't see downloading as any different than using your vcr to record the programs. As long as you are not trying to sell them. If these morons would get off their ass and sell downloads of shows then this would probably stop. I would have no problems paying a few bucks to download a episode I may have missed or couldn't get. It has worked for MP3s to do that. Apple has made millions selling music.