[mythtv] mythmovie grabber issue (ToS)

Kevin Kuphal kkuphal at gmail.com
Thu Jan 15 16:07:44 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Matt S. <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Brad DerManouelian
> <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> >
> > Boxee does this.
>
>
> So - how (where) exactly does Boxee get all this data that doesn't
> violate any Terms of Service and why can't myth do the same?  I keep
> seeing all these other cool apps that gather metadata for movies,
> videos, CDs, showtimes, weather, etc, and all of them can only get it
> a couple of different ways:
>
> 1) Find a place that provides an open service to get the data from
> 2) Find a place that provides a closed service, and get permission to
> use it (or pay for it)
> 3) Violate various sites ToS and do it anyway


Probably #3.

>
>
>
> I understand why myth is trying to stay on the "right side" of the
> argument here, but there are a lot of other apps (even FOSS apps) that
> get this data some how.  Some of them are getting extremely popular -
> so why not follow in their footsteps and do whatever it is their doing
> that works for them?


Because illegal is illegal?  No one is stopping anyone from writing a
grabber for any service.  Just don't expect it to be distributed with the
MythTV source or discussed on the official mailing lists.

Kevin
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