Back when we would record onto VHS, is that considered piracy? Found a super bowl XXXI tape from my Uncle circa 1997. I’m curious lol.

Also side note, have any of you dabbled in digitizing old VHS? Have quite a few home videos on VHS and I’m wanting to preserve them for the future. I’ve done a bit of research and have come across a wide array of information. I know that doesn’t really qualify as piracy, if there’s a better comm for this, please direct me there!

  • Teknikal@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I had a friend whose family owned a video store, while it wasn’t exactly legal he could get me copies of everything and they were completely perfect Pirates.

    I mean covers, labels and the actual tapes. They had specialised machines for all of it and they did it pretty perfectly.

    Ive tried doing it myself by linking two machines together and the results were watchable but not on the same level as the machines he was using.

    • Banzai51@midwest.socialEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Way back in the day, my best friend had a family friend that owned a computer software store. He rented games and gave us copies of the latest and greatest copy programs with a wink-wink and a nudge-nudge.