Burning Downloaded TV Shows from Itunes to DVD

[minnesotamonster]

Is there any way to do this legally?  I purchased a few tv shows through Itunes and want to burn them so I can watch them on my tv through a regular dvd player. Any help appreciated. TIA

[superjohn]

From the iTunes help page

"Movies purchased from the iTunes Store can't be burned to a DVD or VCD that will play in a DVD player or Video CD."

[NAKID]

You could buy a cable and hook your iPod directly up to either the DVD player or the TV...

[superjohn]

You could buy a cable and hook your iPod directly up to either the DVD player or the TV...

That's what I did when I watched "Truth in 24" Mini-DVI to HDMI cable to the plasma screen and audio out to the stereo. It kind of sucks that using the wireless speakers option only works with music and not videos, but I don't watch a lot on my computer.

[redxblack]

If you have a pile of money, you could get an apple tv.

[minnesotamonster]

ya I know I could hook it up through my computer. don't really want to go that route. I also would like to have "hard copys" of the shows as well. I know about the message in the itunes help. just wondering if there was a way. It can't be illegal to do it since I purchased the shows right?

[minnesotamonster]

If you have a pile of money, you could get an apple tv.

No pile of money    I ride a 600.   

[erkishhorde]

It can't be illegal to do it since I purchased the shows right?

Mmmmm.... I dunno....

[il d00d]

I haven't gotten any official answers on my clumsy interpretations of IP law, but I will hazard a guess (I am always glad to give free, inaccurate legal advice  ) 

It is illegal.  Incredibly stupid that it is, but illegal.

DRM was designed to prevent illegal distribution, but it seems to overstep its legal boundaries by conferring rights to the copyright holders that abridge your fair use rights.   Basically, DRM adds the condition that the content provider has absolute control over how you enjoy that content - you can, say, watch  your movie in mov format, but trying to convert the file you just paid for to something else is illegal, since you would first have to strip DRM to convert it, and DMCA says any circumvention of DRM is illegal.   Fair use, on the other hand, says the opposite.  In the case of CDs, you can make copies in other formats for playback on your iPod.

As an ethical question, personally, I don't see any difference between converting a movie or music to some other format for playback on another device.  If I had no intentions of sharing it with the interweb, I would convert the file, and sleep well at night.

This is an interesting article on the subject - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=885371#

[Mother]

fair use

public library

means get to watch anything and everything for free

problem solved

[trenner]

Is there any way to do this [...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay#Requiem

[ROBsS4R]

You can connect your PC or Laptop to your TV via a VGA, HDMI etc cable.

Thats what I do.

and oh yeah I heard good things about the application above.

[derby]

It can't be illegal to do it since I purchased the shows right?

you don't "own" the show, though. technically, as said above, you've purchased a license to view the content in a specific manner (in itunes, on your ipod, on an appletv, etc).

[the_Journeyman]

Oddly enough...  If it's in MP4 video format you CAN burn it to a DVD.  What I have done with non-DRM stuff is simply import into Windows Movie Maker and create whatever output type I want.  Then I pull that file into my DVD creator software and click burn and I'm done.  There's also tons of converters out there you can download to see if you can convert a DRM file ~

JM

[minnesotamonster]

Hmm...It is an mp4 but when I try to import it into windows movie maker, it says unable to open file...