[mythtvnz] Another cheeky cap request - Rude Awakenings ep 1

Nick Rout mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:15:27 +1300


On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:16:20 +1300 (NZDT)
"Steven Ellis" <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:

> 
> On Thu, February 15, 2007 2:48 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:
> > On 2/15/07, nick@rout.co.nz <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
> >>
> >> What do you think my mother would say  (assuming she wanted to watch
> >> Rude
> >> Awakenings) if you told her that she cannot video it because you can
> >> download it on the net "on demand". She doesn't even have a computer!
> >>
> >
> > That's why I think they mean to say that you can't timeshift on-demand
> > video, not that you can't timeshift video that is also available
> > on-demand.
> > Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if what it actually says is quite
> > different to what was originally intended.
> 
> The intent is you can't time shift if it is available on-demand. Doesn't
> matter if it is PPV or normal FTA TV.
> 
> Hence if the ammendment was law we could all be prosecuted for recording
> Rude Awakenings last Friday.

But was the web content available at the time you recorded it?

I doubt it was up there _before_ it showed (with ads).