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[–] [email protected] 69 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

By that logic using a VCR to record television and fast-forwarding adverts is piracy.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That argument was in fact made when VCRs first came out. I don’t remember how exactly it played out but in the end the courts here in the US said that VCRs were fine.

[–] Evilcoleslaw 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least a few TV service DVRs stop you from skipping ads.

[–] pirat 2 points 9 months ago

Some even from forwarding at all through the actual content...

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