[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

Recording streaming videos is nothing more than a digital VCR. On regualr TV it's 100% legitimate fair use. The concept really doesn't change when you go digital. You are recording a streaming video (like TV show) for later enjoyment. In neither case are you supposed to share it and that's fair enough since anyone can watch online anyway.

Look up Sony Betamax case and you will find "Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984)[1], also known as the "Betamax case", was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the making of individual copies of complete television shows for purposes of time-shifting does not constitute copyright infringement, but is fair use. The Court also ruled that the manufacturers of home video recording devices, such as Betamax or other VCRs (referred to as VTRs in the case), cannot be liable for infringement. The case was a boon to the home video market as it created a legal safe haven for the technology, which also significantly benefited the entertainment industry through the sale of pre-recorded movies."

Studios hate this and since they lost the case they have tried everything including Orwellian disinformation to try to change the outcome. It is the digital millennium copyright act that congress passed that said you can't circumvent digital rights management which can be in transmissions. no where does it say you cant record. So if the stream is unencrypted then it is not illegal to record.

The only issue is the TOS restricting your fair use. That TOS is different than copyright law.