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Originally Posted by HarryT
You didn't answer my question. Can someone download programmes from Netflix, or is it just a streaming service? They are two totally different things. You'll generally pay a lot more for a downloading service than you will for a streaming one. To say that the two are equivalent is simply false, regardless of what you do with the downloaded programme thereafter. I certainly don't think that having paid to stream a programme gives you the automatic right to download it. Do you?
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You can not download a program through Netflix, or through Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Instant Video is NOT Amazon Prime Video, though--It's a separate thing where you buy the video and have the option to download it to up to 3 devices, or you can stream it directly on your device. The scenario I was talking about with downloading the video was based on that. There is no subscription for that, it's more like buying Kindle books than having an Amazon Prime subscription and using it to stream movies.
Yes, I DO believe that if I can not access the content through streaming I would be justified in downloading it, as long as I delete it immediately.
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I don't think they would. What you believe is of course your decision to make.
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So if you buy a Kindle book from Amazon from your house in the UK, and then went to the US for an extended stay, you wouldn't have a problem with Amazon not allowing you to download the book to your Kindle anymore? That is
exactly what happens with Amazon Instant Video. Would you buy a new US licensed copy of the book? Or would you just read the book from your Calibre created backup? If you use your backup, then there is absolutely no difference between that and downloading from a pirate site. The US publisher doesn't get their money in either case, and you made an illegal copy of the book to put it onto your Kindle. Whether it is legal in your home country to strip DRM for backup purpose is irrelevant at that point--you're in the US, where it IS illegal.
Shari