[opendtv] Re: Is 'Fair Use' in Peril?
- From: johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:07:06 -0800 (PST)
A clear niche is the crowd that works at bars & restaurants; they usually
miss prime time. I've seen estimates that these folk make up about 3% of
the population. A percentage of these folks time-shift; not 2% of the
populace or 2% of viewing hours, but a significant number.
Most of the people I have known who have done much time-shifting, however,
aren't interested in time-shifting prime time: they're mostly interested
in the soaps. I even knew somebody who had two VCRs to record competing
soaps at the same time. They would spend prime time watching their soaps,
but sometimes they got behind.
I suspect that these kinds of folks have already adopted Tivos: it's ideal
for time-shifters. I think there will be much resistance as long as
network TV mostly means "fresh" programs.
John Willkie
> I time shifted almost everything for many years on my VCR before I got a
> Tivo. I tended to work late and daily captured the stock market news
> plus any interesting prime time shows.
>
> And, yes, I always skipped commercials.
>
> - Tom
>
> Mark Schubin wrote:
>>>
>>>Have you, for example, EVER used a VCR to watch TV programs?
>>>
>>
>> I can't speak for Tom, but my wife and I do so often. We've never had a
>> problem. We've been doing it since 1978.
>>
>> TTFN,
>> Mark
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