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There's a lot of talk these days about how and why consumers download TV shows and the legalities that surround this practice. The legal lines seem to be muddled and murky at best and downright invisible at worst. Some consumers who download TV shows simply don't care one way or the other, and for the most part, the vast majority of computer users who download TV shows are never exposed for their practice; legal or otherwise.

If you happen to be one of those consumers that do have a conscience, there are completely legal ways to download TV shows to your PC. And you'll never have to worry about legalities or denying some production company its due income under copyright laws. The best way to download TV shows is by subscribing to a website with access to past and present episodes of your favorite TV shows.

TV download websites might be compared to a video store membership in a limited manner of speaking. Almost everyone carries at least one video store membership in his or her wallet. That membership card allows you to walk into a video store, borrow a movie and take it home to watch it for a small fee. That video store has paid the appropriate fees itself to the companies which produce and distribute the videos that the video store rents out, thus ensuring that the people who played a part in making the movie in the first place are receiving the income to which they are entitled.

TV download websites work on basically the same concept. The company which owns and runs the TV download website has paid the appropriate fees for the right to distribute various TV shows to its customers. Customers, like you, can then subscribe to the service by paying the membership fee. You are then able to legally download TV shows to your PC without worrying that you might be stealing your favorite actor's royalties. You may also be able to download movies, music and music videos in addition to downloading TV shows, all for one subscription price.

So how do you know which websites are legal and which websites are not? As mentioned above, the legal lines are often muddled. One thing you can almost always be assured of is that downloading TV shows or movies from the Internet for free probably constitutes a crime of some sort. The best way to avoid the risk of an illegal download is to avoid free download websites.

Considering that the cost for membership to a legal TV download website is small potatoes, especially if you plan to download often, it doesn't make much sense to put yourself at risk for criminal charges. Many TV download sites offer unlimited access to their offerings for under $40 and at that rate it won't take long before your subscription fee pays for itself. Joining a reputable TV download service is always the very best way to download TV shows and catch up on all of those episodes of your favorite show that you have missed.