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Meeeeeeehh…I’m no expert on torrents and such, but what are we talking about here? Torrenting for “personal use”? What’s the purpose behind torrenting? I was under the impression it’s to share with others. Potentially,lots of others. Likely even people you don’t know or would never even meet. I don’t think that’s quite the same as if I bought something on iTunes then burned it onto a cd for my own personal use in my car stereo. If it’s distributing something without cost, that’s bound to upset people that get money from the sales.

I’m not saying “no, I’m right darnit!” or even “don’t do this you’ll get in big trouble!” but what I’m saying is heaven forbid you find yourself in this sort of sticky situation, I don’t recommend hiding behind the defense of “I bought the VHS, therefore I can legally torrent it” because that’s a no-go from the viewpoint of the copyright holders.*

With the internet nowadays, though, it’s tough for copyright to keep up.

*NOT giving official legal advice! 😉

Also note: since we (myself included) got a bit off-track for this topic, as a point of interest that is on topic, I would recommend (when time allowing) perhaps we update the main page of this thread to reflect the recent Funi additions? So people know what they’re getting/what they look like.

Well, if I may innocently ask, why can’t people theorize about themselves as well?