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Leaving DMCA aside for a moment, if format shifting is illegal then commercial TV & radio are violating the law. The format that TV starts with might be a live action, which is format shifted to electronic signals, beamed through a cable or the air, formated shifted again to electronic signals, format shifted again to photons & sound waves for me to see & hear it.
I admit this is a little far fetched, but from a literal view, format shifting does take place. (Apologies to those better educated in electronics & video broadcasting/receiving for any inaccuracies I've committed.) So where is the line appropriately drawn for the legality of "format shifting"?
I'm sure many of you can think of several other equally ridiculous ways that we accept, both legally and ethically, format shifting without even thinking about it.
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