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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·edit-21 year agoBy that logic using a VCR to record television and fast-forwarding adverts is piracy.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year agoAnd you see digital tv providers trying to implement fast forward blockers without chasing away their customers too much
minus-squareStrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoThat argument was in fact made when VCRs first came out. I don’t remember how exactly it played out but in the end the courts here in the US said that VCRs were fine.
minus-squareEvilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAt least a few TV service DVRs stop you from skipping ads.
minus-squarepirat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSome even from forwarding at all through the actual content…
By that logic using a VCR to record television and fast-forwarding adverts is piracy.
And you see digital tv providers trying to implement fast forward blockers without chasing away their customers too much
That argument was in fact made when VCRs first came out. I don’t remember how exactly it played out but in the end the courts here in the US said that VCRs were fine.
At least a few TV service DVRs stop you from skipping ads.
Some even from forwarding at all through the actual content…