The details are complex, I was giving the bite-sized media friendly version for tomorrow's headlines.ASC1951 said:Are you sure? I know that you need a TV licence irrespective of your download device, but I can't see that there are any copyright or other issues of all you do is watch the recording yourself.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I'd just like to know. I can't find the answer on the Beeb site.

The smokiness of the "legaility" is, IMO, shown by the unwillingness of organisations to try and give a definitive answer.
Everyone does it, Sky+ and many other recording devices sell themselves on the benefits of doing so and the reality is that an individual is very unlikely to get prosecuted for doing it (or downloading YouTube videos) for non-commercial purposes.