Top Gear GT86 on for a second time

[Brzetto]

Originally Posted by dotdotdotPaul

ST's right. Any distribution of copyrighted material without permission of the copyright holder is "piracy". Doesn't matter if you make money or not, the point is you're taking potential revenue away from the copyright holder.

You are allowed to make copies of copyrighted material for your own use -- ripping a CD to MP3 so you can listen to it on your phone, for example. But you're not allowed to then give that MP3 to anyone else (unless you also give them the CD to go with it). Likewise, if you give the CD to someone else, you are *in the opinion of greedy companies* not legally allowed to retain any copies you made.

...Paul

Fixed.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by Brzetto

It's not piracy if no money is made from it and as far as I know the people who upload do not make money. If the BBC would fucking broadcast the new episodes simultaneously in the US and UK then nobody would have to fucking "pirate" the shit.

You forgot that the US version is edited to hell and back in order to fit commercials. BBC UK doesn't have commercials.

[Brzetto]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

You forgot that the US version is edited to hell and back in order to fit commercials. BBC UK doesn't have commercials.

Didn't know that, commercials are evil anyway all they do is serve a purpose to waste 15 mins of an hour's time.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by Brzetto

Didn't know that, commercials are evil anyway all they do is serve a purpose to waste 15 mins of an hour's time.

15 minutes... that you lose from the real show as they last almost 60 minutes

[Brzetto]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

15 minutes... that you lose from the real show as they last almost 60 minutes

Most US episodes for tv shows are 45 minutes long.

[chrisl]

Originally Posted by Brzetto

Most US episodes for tv shows are 45 minutes long.

Yes, but most top gear episodes come in at a full hour without commercials, so the versions broadcast in the us actually have the content edited to fit in a one hour time slot.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by Brzetto

Most US episodes for tv shows are 45 minutes long.

I'm talking about Top Gear, though...

[Brzetto]

Hence why I don't rely on BBC America to provide me with a butchered Top Gear.

[chadstyle]

Originally Posted by Brzetto

Most US episodes for tv shows are 45 minutes long.

US one hour shows are exactly 42 minutes. Ask me how I know...

[AdrianG]

Originally Posted by chadstyle

US one hour shows are exactly 42 minutes. Ask me how I know...

You downloaded a television show?



- AdrianG

[WRXGuy1]

What episode was it aired on initially? I've watched season 16-18 and it wasn't in any of those :/

[strat61caster]

BBC America HAS started airing uncut episodes, they block out an hour and a half of schedule time and retain commercials.

Shit I don't even have cable and I know this.

[chrisl]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

BBC America HAS started airing uncut episodes, they block out an hour and a half of schedule time and retain commercials.

Shit I don't even have cable and I know this.

That's definitely not true of all of the episodes they've recently aired - I saw one of the new episodes a couple of months ago, and it was aired in the 1 hour (with commercials) format, definitely cut down from the full one (which I watched online). Maybe it's regionally dependent?

[dotdotdotPaul]

The new episodes have been shown at 90-minute runtimes, but I think when they go to fill time with re-runs, they go back to 60-minute shows, since *usually* shows air in one-hour blocks anyway, it's a lot easier to fill that timeslot with a 1-hour version.

...Paul