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Originally Posted by Barcey
1) If you've paid a monthly fee for access to the Netflix content why is it any different than broadcast TV where personal recording and time shifting is allowed? Not everyone has internet access everywhere they go. Trains, planes, automobiles, camping etc... I can understand why cable cutters feel they should be able to PVR streamed video just like broadcast video.
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Because netflix video is already "pvr'ed" for on-demand viewing, for one.
Because netflix is an ad-free contract service, not a common carrier. Netflix has contractual obligations and so does the viewer.
Because netflix streaming business is about competing with cable, which is online only, and not with offline rentals like iTunes, XBOX video, or Vudu.
They have never allowed it and if they did all their content would be taken away.
If you want offline viewing, get season passes at XBOX or Amazon. They both allow offline viewing on TVs, PCs, phones, and what not.
As for folks without "broadband everywhere", they first need to articulate how making free and permanent copies of netflix video serves the common good. All I hear is the usual "I wanna" entitlement-speak, not a significant social need. "Everywhere" access to Netflix content is hardly a human right or a social ill.
So some folks want to pretend netflix is in a different business than they really are? Well, I want to win the lotto without playing.
We'll both be equally disappointed.