I'm not, honestly not, defending one or the other point of view, here, it really seems so grey an area that I don't know what to think.
I agree that copying a DVD/CD, or downloading something that has been ripped off a DVD is piracy/copyright theft even more so when it's sold. What seems weird to me, is that if you tape something that is on TV, on a channel that you have paid for, be it by TV licence or Cable/sat and show it to someone else, even someone who also has also paid for access to that channel, it can be considered in the same light. And what seems even stranger is that this kind of dilemma never occurred when tape recorders arrived (or at least, not on this scale as far as I know), everyone was really pleased to be able to show other people what they had recorded on TV the other night, and so-on.
If you tape something for yourself and keep it and watch it time and time again is that piracy too ? Again, I'm only asking these questions because they genuinely puzzle me, I'm not trying to change anyone's mind on this but my own...

Without coming down on either side of the moral issue, the movie producers and networks are shooting themselves in the foot by not making popular titles available more widely and more quickly.

I can see Sky One wanting to broadcast The Colour of Magic first and exclusively. After all, they put up a lot of money for it and want to recoup that investment not only in advertising, but in new customers to their service. But this is a global marketplace, and they are marketing it globally through the internet, with not only their own official web sites, but also through MySpace and Facebook, and I'm sure other social sites. They are generating worldwide interest, but then only allowing a very few in one geographical location to see it.

It took a year for Hogfather to be broadcast in this country, and the Region 1 DVD only this week became available. The thought of waiting a year to see The Colour of Magic is almost unbearable! :-O

Those who are already fans, or have listened to the hype and want the product, will find it any way they can.

Impatience is a poor excuse for theft though!

You could always visit for Easter and make sure your hotel has Sky

Well can I stay with you then?

I don't have Sky.

well, anyone who wants can come stay with us... we also have the Hogfather DVD, so we could have a Pratchett Movie-thon !

Sounds nice

I quite like the idea od staying in a hotel for two nights to watch COM actually, lol

Terry Pratchett & Sky One, Colour of Magic for Charity

"A unique opportunity to own a one-off replica of the Luggage as featured in Sky One's adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic." And more...

100% of the final sale price will support Alzheimer's Research Trust.

It has the cutest little legs!

Bidding up to 330 pounds. Oh I so wish I were rich.

By the way, for those who have sky, there's a documentary on the making of the Colour of magic tomorrow, sunday 16th at 4:30... Mal and Marcia, if you're in it, make sure you wave...