Where to download episodes of Smith And Kidnapped?

User45701

Mod i suppose u could lock this topic if you want but check with a admin first

This is NOT against boards rules.
You are not allowed to talk about where to download illegal content but you see these 2 shows have been canceled and the remaining episodes of each season are up on the NBC site for free to watch but only if you live in the US

A few months back sci-fi did the same thing except it was webisodes and the mods at BSG forum checked with the admins and since the content was legally free by the people who made it just not for those outside the US (too much strain on there servers), you are allowed under boards rules to post links to LEGAL episodes.

So does anyone know where u can download/watch these episodes please?

Basq

Uh-oh, spaghetti-o's! :eek:

Cabaal

His argument makes sense, however its up to the mod to allow it

Hobbes

Its not legally free for you though. Its legally free for Americans.

User45701

It is legal for people in Ireland its just americans probably don't think of things like "what about people who dont live in the US"
they have no interest in wasting there bandwidth on non-Americans,

the point is the files are up there on the net legally by those that made it, the sites that allow you to watch restrict the areas of the world that can watch them.

its quite possible that Americans cousins who give us the episodes that where aired on tv its possible they dont know that we cant watch them outside America

BuffyBot

its just americans probably don't think of things like "what about people who dont live in the US"
they have no interest in wasting there bandwidth on non-Americans,

No, it's more due to the fact that they sell the international broadcast rights to different organisations, and therefore they don't have the legal right to broadcast them outside the US.

Basq

BuffyBot wrote:

No, it's more due to the fact that they sell the international broadcast rights to different organisations, and therefore they don't have the legal right to broadcast them outside the US.

Yep, Buffy's bang on the money with that statement i'm afraid.

User45701

other tv station are going to air smith? i dont think they would air a 1/2 completed cancelled series.

I just dont see how broadcast rights apply for a show that has been released onto the internet by those that made it.

Basq

User45701 wrote:

other tv station are going to air smith? i dont think they would air a 1/2 completed cancelled series.

The Inside was aired on ITV2 earlier this year.. was axed in the US last year on Fox after 8 episodes. And they aired the remaining 5.

Mr E

But CBS stopped Smith after 4 episodes, and released the last 3 on the web (so its different from The Inside, as that had a full mini-season filmed, and was not stopped mid-production).

John R

basquille wrote:

The Inside was aired on ITV2 earlier this year.. was axed in the US last year on Fox after 8 episodes. And they aired the remaining 5.

All the Irish channels air cancelled single series and 1/2 season shows, RTE in particular show lots of them.

Only recently RTE aired Reunion, Kevin Hill; TV3 air Wanted; TG4 showed Bedford Diaries, etc.

They are just the ones I can recall from the last month or so. RTE have often had the first showing anywhere of episodes from shows cancelled in the US with unaired episodes.


Really it doesn't matter. Legally only the copyright holders can decide who is allowed distribute their material and if an authorised free download is blocked outside the US then there is no question that any other source is illegal.

Have you tried going through an American proxy?

User45701

John R wrote:

All the Irish channels air cancelled single series and 1/2 season shows, RTE in particular show lots of them.

Only recently RTE aired Reunion, Kevin Hill; TV3 air Wanted; TG4 showed Bedford Diaries, etc.

They are just the ones I can recall from the last month or so. RTE have often had the first showing anywhere of episodes from shows cancelled in the US with unaired episodes.


Really it doesn't matter. Legally only the copyright holders can decide who is allowed distribute their material and if an authorised free download is blocked outside the US then there is no question that any other source is illegal.

It is illigal to make something free for certain people and illegal for others its called discrimination. If americans had to pay then it would be fine for us not to have it, if they asked me to pay to be allowed view/download them i would but they are free from CBS so if there free there free

Deleted User wrote:

Have you tried going through an American proxy?

i dont know how to go though a american proxy

Mossy Monk

User45701 wrote:

It is illigal to make something free for certain people and illegal for others its called discrimination. If americans had to pay then it would be fine for us not to have it, if they asked me to pay to be allowed view/download them i would but they are free from CBS so if there free there free

wtf are you on about. do you realise how stupid that sounds? by that rational we should have all FOX, NBC and CBS programming on free television because the Americans get them free

User45701

they dont get them for free

Mossy Monk

how dont they get them for free. all those shows can be viewed freely through a television antenna

User45701

it was my understanding that you have to pay forthose stations in the US

Vokes

No, viewers don't pay for them. There's no licence fee.

BuffyBot

FOX, CBS, NBC etc are not pay channels.

Hobbes

BuffyBot wrote:

FOX, CBS, NBC etc are not pay channels.

they are cable channels though. So you have to pay a cable company to watch them. Who in turn pay a bit to the channels.

Mossy Monk

cable channels?

they are free over the air

User45701

Ye but do international laws/boundrys apply over the internet?

Vokes

I would imagine some international broadcasting rules apply.

Mossy Monk

User45701 wrote:

Ye but do international laws/boundrys apply over the internet?

i am sure if they wanted you to watch they would not block it to those outside the united states

BuffyBot

Ye but do international laws/boundrys apply over the internet?

Yes, they do in this case. I'm not sure why you think they don't.

User45701

BuffyBot wrote:

Yes, they do in this case. I'm not sure why you think they don't.

Its only because it was the same with the BSG webisodes they where only available on the sci-fi site and if you lived in the US but there was no problem with downloading them from torrent or BSG sties or on youtube.

The Admins also said it was ok for me to post links to them since they where FREE on the internet buy also ONLY to Americans.

So based on that was my assumption that it was ok to post a link to these episodes because i am actually having trouble finding kidnapped and TNH it was a decent enough show and got canceled early

Mr E

Webisodes are completely different. They are 5 minute mini episodes with bad acting, poor production values, and sideline characters.

User45701

I dont know i just dont see the difference, anyway it does not matter any more