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Originally Posted by fjtorres
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.
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A lot of the arguments you're making are the same that the broadcasters used when they argued that VCR's and PVR's had to be illegal. I don't believe that they were correct at the time and I don't believe in your absolutes. You have your opinions and others have theirs. The point is that the decision on what is or isn't allowed shouldn't be a unilateral decision made by party deploying DRM. If it's ruled a fair exemptions, it's a fair exemption.
For what it's worth, I don't feel strongly that a PVR for Netflix is a fair exemption. I just understand the viewpoint that it should be. Their payment model is a monthly fee and it's not a pay per view so I understand why people view it as equivalent to their cable service.