[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3796: MythMusic Album Art Fetching Script for Amazon

[Colin Guthrie]

Roo wrote:
> On 08/08/2007, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> Does the Amazon usage agreement treat album art the same as it does
>> movie posters.  In [9714] (
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/197705#197705 ),
>> the Amazon search was removed from imdb.pl due to licensing/usage
>> agreement issues.
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Unfortunately I think they don't want people downloading album art
> from them, Amazon was quoted as one of the reasons that Albumart
> Downloader has disappeared although that tool also supported other
> sites. :(

Amarok uses Amazon but IIRC it automatically deletes the images every x
months and has to redownload them. I think this is due to the T&Cs of
the service.

Not sure if that helps :)

Col
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