Our class discussions made me think about how people are starting to watch their favorite television shows on-line. All of the major networks are now encouraging people to tune in on-line, so where does this new technology fit in all this debate? How close a connection to Sony and time-shifting do we have here? Does it matter that (as of now) you cannot download the episodes, but simply watch them as streaming video? Then again, haven’t people already determined ways to record these episodes? For example, check out “How to Save Streaming Media”.
As I was looking around the internet, I also came across this site: “Full TV Downloads”. In very small print at the bottom, the homepage says “The purchase of a membership, however, is not a license to upload or download copyrighted material. We urge you to respect copyright and share responsibly.” It then directs you to this page detailing how to use p2p safely: "Share Responsibly". Sufficient?
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I think it certainly matters a lot to the studios that you cannot download and save files easily. (On a side note, I'd encourage anyone reading not to watch TV episodes online in support of the WGA writer's strike. Rent or buy a DVD instead. The writers are actually getting paid for the DVDs.)
The readings for today were really on point in this matter, especially Cory Doctorow's talk at Microsoft. The fact that streaming media can only be copied by sophisticated computer users (or, really, anyone who knows enough to Google it) means that not allowing download and storage of media is only hurting the "average consumer". The sophisticated user can just get the right (illegal) 3rd party applications to save the streaming media. This only goes to prove that DRM isn't out there to stop piracy. Does anyone here doubt that pirates aren't sophisticated computer users?
Cool story as for me. It would be great to read something more concerning this theme. Thank you for sharing this information.
Joan Stepsen
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