Recording/Downloads?

Hey guys....just trying to find a recording of this episode somewhere online. My usual site doesn't have the download at all...which is extremely unusual. Just wondering if anyone can point me in any new direction?

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Originally Posted by Switchfoot55

Hey guys....just trying to find a recording of this episode somewhere online. My usual site doesn't have the download at all...which is extremely unusual. Just wondering if anyone can point me in any new direction?

Well you can watch the stream from the ABC website...Otherwise legally for Losttalk.net we are not alowwed to direct you to an illegal dowloading site. Or else no more Losttalk.net.

So try the legal, streaming video off ABC.com

youtube.com as well.

Are you kidding? Use any torrent search like torrentz.com for the episode, download the torrent, and open it with a program like Azureus. You'll have it in a day.

And it's totally legal. The only way this kind of downloading would be illegal is if it were downloading a show on DVD. That hurts DVD sales, thereby is circumventing payment and profit to the author. Downloading a show that's only been aired on television is the same as taping, both legal because no profit is made, and they are used for personal uses.

I've been saying that for ages

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Originally Posted by arnoldswim

And it's totally legal. The only way this kind of downloading would be illegal is if it were downloading a show on DVD. That hurts DVD sales, thereby is circumventing payment and profit to the author. Downloading a show that's only been aired on television is the same as taping, both legal because no profit is made, and they are used for personal uses.

Mmhmm yes I understand.

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Originally Posted by arnoldswim

The only way this kind of downloading would be illegal is if it were downloading a show on DVD. That hurts DVD sales, thereby is circumventing payment and profit to the author. Downloading a show that's only been aired on television is the same as taping, both legal because no profit is made, and they are used for personal uses.

This isn't exactley as legal as you want to say it is. The show is copyrighted. You are pirating copyrighted material. It can hurt potential DVD sales, since people may be less apt to buy the dvds when released if they already have a pirated copy. Companies also pay a lot of money for advertiesments on TV, and pirated copies usually dont have these commericals. And its not the same as taping, because the episode is being mass-distributed all over the world.

Unless somewhere in the copyright it tells you that you can freely distribute the show however you want, you cant.

Do you remember hearing the copyright disclamer on major sporting events? "The proceeding program is copyrighted by the NFL. This program may not be re-played in any form without written permission from the NFL" (or something along those lines). Video of these games are hardly ever sold, so no profit is lost here.

The bottom line is that the show is copyrighted.

Of course this doesn't mean that anyone really cares or is going to do anyhting about it...

It's only illegal if you make copies and sell for personal gain without permission to do so. Otherwise, downloading because you missed the episode and you delete it when you finish is alright.

I have the whole first season on my computer, but I still want the DVD set. True fans will always eventually purchase the real stuff.