Martin Milan wrote:
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>
> > So what about archive programmes
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/white/home.shtml ?
>
> If you're not watching it live, or as it's being shown on a normal
> transmission, you should be fine.
>
> > AFAIK, you are not allowed to watch e.g. videotapes of old programmes
> > which have been transmitted.
>
> No - the law is all about the act of receiving a signal. You could watch
> old videos that you had recorded earlier without a license - but what you
> couldn't do would be to record programmes using the video - because that
> involves reception...
I'm not sure, it was once discussed here. Recording programmes is merely
considered as time-shifting. You're still watching TV. In fact if it wasn't
time-shifting, then it would be illegal copying. I.e. the only legal
justification for recording programmes would be time-shifting. |