[opendtv] Re: Is 'Fair Use' in Peril?
- From: "Cliff Benham" <cliff.benham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:43:01 -0500
My Tivo feeds the video card in my PC so I can surf eBay, respond to
your OpenDTV posts, watch the news, skip the commercials and all the =
I-95=20
accident reports, and still not miss the weather even if I get=20
home from work 30 minutes late.=20
What a great toy!
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From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Willkie
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:42 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Is 'Fair Use' in Peril?
Making the time productive is quite good. That's what I would do had I =
the
equipment. However, I wonder just how many people are this productive =
in
their leisure hours. (As I write this, I can see the reflection of a TV =
set
in the picture next to the monitor.)
John Willkie
-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip Hodgetts
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:27 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Is 'Fair Use' in Peril?
At 8:20 PM -0800 12/8/04, John Willkie wrote:
>So, is it common for Tivo folks to do this? I can see this being a =
great
>waste of time, since the slack period is just that, slack period, =
waiting
>for enough of the show to get into the file so that you can skip over
>commercials. How much do people pay for this "convenience?"
I hate watching live TV. Don't have Tivo but a=3D20
Dish PVR in the receiver and I'll find something=3D20
else to do during the first part of the show,=3D20
like, perhaps, respondon OpenDTV! :)
Yes, this is very common for PVR/Tivo folks to=3D20
do. I redeem the commercial time into one block=3D20
of productive time.
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