[mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] torrentocracy = rss + bit torrent + myth

[Charles Lavin]

On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 11:34, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > I thought of another way you can get the project shutdown.  Allow users
> > to make illegal copies of their DVDs.  Darn, someone already beat me to
> > it.  How about a plugin that plays illegally downloaded ROMS.  Damn!!!
> > Just because a piece of software can be used to do illegal things
> > doesn't mean that it shouldn't be used.
> 
> But there *are* legal ROM's available to play, and mythgame does not
> include any illegal ROM files.  Mythgame is not liable for what its
> users do illegally, since there is no feasible technological way to
> determine which ROM's are legal (ie. written from scratch) and which
> aren't.

Exactly my point:
Just because a piece of software can be used to do illegal things
doesn't mean that it shouldn't be used.

> > The courts have already ruled against 321 Studios in a similar matter. 
> > The court ruled that the DVD Ripping technology violates parts of the US
> > Digital Millennium Copyright Act because the act bars distribution of
> > tools that bypass copy protection mechanisms.  I do not agree.  It's my
> > DVD!  I bought it with my hard earned money and I'll do what ever the
> > f@#% I want with it.
> 
> The courts ruled that 321 Studios' software violates the DMCA -- it uses
> DeCSS-type code to remove copy protection from DVD's in order to "make
> backups."  However, even though mythvideo supports this same kind of
> feature, it is not illegal to own the code, only to use it.  There are
> MANY DVD's out there with no CSS or Macrovision on them.  It's perfectly
> legal to back up your own DVD's -- the problem comes (legally speaking)
> when you break the encryption in the process.  If there is no
> encryption, it's not illegal.
> 
> The problem with torrentocracy is not that it uses a p2p protocol
> CAPABLE of illegally sharing recorded TV shows, it's that it illegally
> SHARES those TV shows.
> 
No it doesn't.  Has nothing to do with sharing TV shows.  Everything
listed in Torrentocracy is completely legal.  A user can choose to add
news feeds that have illegal torrents just as a user can choose to add
illegal ROMS or Rip a copy protected DVD.  

> -Chris
> 
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