Legally populating an XBMC setup.

Oh. I'm not trying to win you back. A fool and his money are soon parted. I couldn't care less if you kept yourself warm at night with $20s. I'm just wondering wtf you're doing that you're having this much variance in quality.

You can collect all the stuff you want via iTunes, but not sure what you're going to do with XBMC since last I checked XBMC won't do iTunes DRM.

Ripping DVDs (breaking CSS) in the US is more illegal than using Usenet.
Ripping out DRM (circumventing encryption) is more illegal than using Usenet.

Using usenet isn't illegal. Downloading and possessing pirated material from usenet is...

darkscout Wrote:Oh. I'm not trying to win you back. A fool and his money are soon parted. I couldn't care less if you kept yourself warm at night with $20s. I'm just wondering wtf you're doing that you're having this much variance in quality.

I'm actually kind of astonished. It never crossed my mind that I'd get shit on for saying that I'd like to actually pay for the content I consume.

stoli Wrote:Using usenet isn't illegal. Downloading and possessing pirated material from usenet is...

Bzz. Nope, not in the United States. I open the floor to anyone to find me a single pending lawsuit, article about a lawsuit, settled lawsuit, etc where any person, group, or groups of people have been sued or taken to court for downloading anything.

Quote:It never crossed my mind that I'd get shit on for saying that I'd like to actually pay for the content I consume.

You want unicorns and rainbows.
Ripping CSS is illegal.
Ripping DRM is illegal.
Downloading from usenet is not illegal.

Are you just trolling us? You can't possibly be that fucking stupid.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/05/1...-Past-Year

Are you trolling me? Otherwise I'm going to have to question your reading comprehension skills. (Public school?)

Quote:Mass P2P lawsuits have been filed all across the United States in recent months, especially by companies dealing with adult content. They have embraced this new revenue stream by the dozen and new studios are joining every month.

Through these mass lawsuits the copyright holders are trying to obtain the personal details of (mostly) BitTorrent users who allegedly shared their material online. Once this information is handed over, they then offer the defendant the opportunity to settle the case for a few hundred up to a couple of thousand dollars, thereby avoiding a full trial and potentially even bigger financial penalties.

Now. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you have no clue how Usenet works..

Then I'll let you figure out which of the bolded statements don't apply to Usenet.

And until someone posts a single lawsuit otherwise. I'm going to say it once again. No one has ever been sued in the history of these lawsuits for downloading anything. Ever. Anywhere in the US (not sure about your local laws).

So you seriously believe downloading pirated material from usenet is legal?

http://m.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/10/riaa-jury-finds/

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/...e.pirates/

All the references are referring to lawsuits for SHARING files. I believe darkscout is pointing out that, unless you were to POST files on Usenet, you are not SHARING media. And thus, to date, no lawsuit has been successfully brought against anyone for DOWNLOADING. With regards to SHARING media, there has been hundreds of cases, as the references indicate.

The overall legality of the downloaded "pirated" content can be argued. Is there any difference between 1) recording a show on a DVR to watch then delete from 2) downloading a show to watch then delete? Does it make a difference if the person has a cable/satellite tv contract? Etc etc...

stoli Wrote:So you seriously believe downloading pirated material from usenet is legal?

http://m.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/10/riaa-jury-finds/

In proving liability, the industry did not have to demonstrate that the defendant’s computer had a file-sharing program installed at the time that they inspected her hard drive. And the RIAA did not have to show that the defendant was at the keyboard when RIAA investigators accessed Thomas’ share folder.

How exactly are the MPAA/RIAA going to access my "shared folder" on Usenet?

Quote:http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/...e.pirates/

That entire article is poorly written. It has nothing to do with 'downloaders'.

Morally, it's up to you.
Legally, you're in the clear.

There's a reason legalese is written the way it is. There are very seldom loopholes or other little things because people take advantage of that.

Just like Usenet, is 100% free and clear and you won't get sued.

Question still stands: Do you believe downloading pirated material from usenet is legal?

Edit: from any source?