[mythtv-users] Telly's Free Program Guide
Ian Forde
ian at duckland.org
Thu Jul 17 16:30:26 EDT 2003
I shouldn't at all. Fact of the matter is that Tivo shouldn't be able
to tell, since it wouldn't be accessing their resources. And since I
own the Tivo, and am not distributing the data I paid for, it should
come under "fair use", right? (IANAL)
-I
On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 12:06, Shawn wrote:
> Honestly, though, the effect is that something is really only illegal in
> so far as TiVo gives a shit.
>
> The number of TiVo owners who would be grabbing data from their TiVo to
> use for their MythTV boxen isn't going to bother TiVo folks.
>
> On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 23:14, Ian Forde wrote:
> > Wait a sec - if you've already got a Tivo, and you've got TivoWeb
> > installed on it, you should be able to get the listings using something
> > like wget thus creating a mythfilldatabasefrommytivo sort of thing...
> > Thus, I would be using my Tivo Guide listings on both my Tivo (which I
> > legally own) and my MythTV (which I also legally own). The fact that
> > Tivo charges for separate licenses per Tivo shouldn't really apply,
> > right? But then again, IANAL.
> >
> > -I
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 16:26, Lan Barnes wrote:
> > > That _would_ be IP theft (of course, IANAL).
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 03:46:41PM -0500, Shawn wrote:
> > > > Has anyone thought of getting an old TiVo Series 1 with a lifetime sub,
> > > > and using it as some sort of guide data server?
> > > >
> > > > After that, would you not be able to server xmltv?
> > > >
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