Comments on: NBC and Fox’s Hulu video service has easily compromised content

By: Moonks

Moonks — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:37:03 +0000

Love hulu and I love best the fact that I can record all the movies I want on my pc with tunebite for later playback. Also, it converts the files ionto the formats I need.

By: Chef Jacqui

Chef Jacqui — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:42:47 +0000

Replay Media Catcher will not record Hulu at least not on my computer for the last couple of months. Jaksta (www.jaksta.com) how ever records 2 streams one in better definition than the other … and its about $10 cheaper.

By: Nazi piece of garbage

Nazi piece of garbage — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:47:33 +0000

Anyone who tells me what to do with my computer, or, what to save or not save is a Nazi piece o garbage. Their houses should be invaded, and, their hard drives pumped and dumped to files for perusal by the SS (Secret Service, hm… those letters sound familiar, don’t they?)

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:21:08 +0000

Hulu is great I don’t have an awesome internet connection, but I can actually stream two different shows on different devices at the same time. DRM doesn’t work. Hulu makes it faster to watch the commercials then it is to steal it. If you want high quality you’ll probably just buy the DVD or BD.

By: Ed Gauthier

Ed Gauthier — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:25:53 +0000

Careful guys, or the Self-Righteous Windbags League Of Political Correctness will slap the totally worthless threat of a 1977 Swedish Interpol, CIA and Mickey Mouse Club fine on you of a HALF-MILLION dollars!

Just for watching some lousy TV episode or even lousier movie.

By: dequeued

dequeued — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:24:00 +0000

hulu.com chooses to send the content of the flv file to my web browser — what business is it of theirs if I choose to discard it, or save it to my hard drive?

Also, why would anyone re-distribute their content when they can just watch it on hulu.com?

By: Astral Symphony

Astral Symphony — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:36:43 +0000

HEY SELF-RIGHTEOUS WINDBAG! Tell me how recording internet TV content is any different from recording network or cable TV? Those are both legal, and internet TV isn’t any different. I have a right to record what is broadcast. It’s not the same as recording rentals, so don’t even go there. If its being broadcast, I can damn well record it! If you don’t think it’s right, I don’t give a rat’s ass, because it’s NOT ILLEGAL.

By: asdfasdf

asdfasdf — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:38:57 +0000

you are such a tool. “you might find yourself on the wrong side of the law?” really? i’m sorry but at least this way i dont download EVERY show through torrents or other ways, and i do watch the commercials. but the fact that it can be downloaded is a fact of life. at the very worst i capture via screen grabbing video so….there’s nothing much to do against it.

what they should do is LET people download WITH commercials included…now that would be smart

By: DT

DT — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:43:10 +0000

Ok, so if Heroes comes on TV, and I tivo it, according to you, I’m “breaking the law”? What if I record it to my DVD recorder? Or my ancient VCR? What if I take the audio and video output from my laptop and record hulu shows in real time to my recorder. What’s the difference if I want to save it to my hard drive, convert it to iPod format and watch it on the train to work? I’ve watched the show and the commercials, and the show did it’s job. It delivered the commercials.

You need to educate yourself on fair use law that is already a dead horse that we keep beating and beating. This attempt to scare people into thinking that recording their favorite shows is “illegal” is rediculous. Fair use is the same, regardless of the format. Downloading it and putting out on your fileserver or p2p account for all the world to grab … granted that’s where the fair use stops, but a copy for your own personal viewing should never be considered illegal.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:29:12 +0000

The “Betamax case” has already been adjudicated. Digital recordings of freely distributed Internet content is fair use, here, the same as video recordings of freely distributed TV broadcasts was fair use back then.

RE-distributing such copyrighted content is another matter entirely. Don’t mix up the two and you won’t become confused. :)