A bunch of incorrect "facts":
- "In the United States, a copyrighted work can be owned by the creator for 75 years" -- No. Current copyright standards are "Life of the Author+75 years" if registered. 28 yrs if not.
- It cannot be aired by you if you gain financially for it (so no charging the neighbors to come over and watch), but if Matthew Broderick hooks up his 300 baud acoustic coupler and you hear the TiVo asking, “Would you like to play a game?”—know that right now, you’re safe under the law. -- Not under the NET (No Electronic Theft) Act. Under NET, simply offering the product [without regards to profit] is an infringing activity.
Real Rules (By Case Law):
A. You can time-shift (Betamax)
B. You can make devices that *can* infringe on copyright as long as your business is *not* to infringe on copyright (Betamax/Napster)
C. You can format-shift (Sony, iirc)
The Fair Use priveleges are just that -- they are factors that the court can use to weigh whether or not you infringed on the copyright. They are not a "if-this-is-true, you are ok" set of guidelines or a positive defense.
And.... If you show the Game to your friends, it is quasi-OK (despite NFL's statement about space or TV size or ???). If it is open to the general public, that counts as a public performance, and is a right that is separate from the ability to receive signals and watch them.
So no... it's not legal to "share" the DVR's content....
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