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Originally Posted by karlo2105
But when you see how copyright holders treat free download websites and streaming websites, I don't think they are happy when people download from their catchup sites. The best explanation is they enforce more and more their free video on demand sites.
I agree that making profit of someone's work without his permission should be illegal but I don't like when copyright holders treat downloaders as pirates that's why I think recording audio/video streams is rather grey zone.
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Yes, I'm certain that the copyright owners are unhappy that people record their content. They were unhappy when people started using a VCR to do this, in the 1980s. They're unhappy that people nowadays use a computer to do this.
But it's not illegal. Nor is it a grey area. Copyright law only prohibits commercial use of the material, not private home use. It's thus only illegal to sell the recording, not to make it in the first place.
This is the same in the USA, in the UK, and in Australia. It is common to most countries, because most are signed up to the international Berne Copyright Convention.