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Personally I would say no but it does kind of depend. Tools like this do allow you to save copies of videos that weren't meant to be savable. The dev's website
by jabroni_salad 6y ago
Personally I would say no but it does kind of depend. Tools like this do allow you to save copies of videos that weren't meant to be savable.
The dev's website includes a screenshot of it downloading a bunch of Disney material. That is not a wasp nest I want to shake.
- hunter2_ 6y agoBroadcast and cable TV wasn't meant to be savable, and then VCRs came out and courts decided that saving (time shifting) is absolutely fine. It doesn't in and of itself facilitate sharing. If it breaks actual encryption (a la DeCSS) then yes, it oversteps. But TV content stakeholders don't have much pull with convincing VCR manufacturers/distributors to stop supplying VCRs. Apple does clearly have the ability to affect the signing of software.
- ballenf 6y ago> If it breaks actual encryption (a la DeCSS) then yes, it oversteps. I'd counter that if the audio and video get to your eyes and ears, then the content provider has already provided you a decrypted copy of the media and/or the instructions for how to decrypt. If you had an arms' length valid agreement with the company where you agree not to retain the media, then that's different issue.
- justinclift 6y ago> If it breaks actual encryption (a la DeCSS) then yes, it oversteps. Don't some jurisdictions have provisions that allow for technical workarounds in order to make backups?
- duskwuff 6y agoBackups of your own physical media. Downloading videos on YouTube doesn't qualify.
- the_af 6y ago> Tools like this do allow you to save copies of videos that weren't meant to be savable It's actually computers that allow you to do this. I think this is why there's a war (of sorts) against general purpose computers: they enable you, the user, to do all sorts of things publishers didn't envision or want.