I can understand downloading songs and movies being illegal, but what about commercials? Would it be illegal for me to download a commercial? Just wondering.
Maybe… definitely if you were using it for your own profit, but if you were showing it as it was on the air I don’t see why anyone would mind. They would probably be happy for the free exposure.
I would think it is a copywrited work, but I doubt anyone would care. Some companys put their comercials on the web for viewing. So yes it would be illegal, but seriously doubt anyone would charge you with anything.
Commercials are copyrighted, so the copyright holder has the legal right to sue you for downloading it. However, I’m sure they’re happy to get the extra exposure and wouldn’t consider suing unless you were doing something with it that might hurt their brand name.