[mythtv-users] looks like ananova pulled the plug on tv_grab_uk

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 22 January 2004 16:16, thor wrote:
> On Thursday 22 January 2004 15:14, Mark Cooper wrote:
> > AFAIK, you couldn't do this without breaking someone's copyright.
>
> 	I "break" a copyright if I copy something (i.e. I give a copy to
> someone else ... I do not have the right to copy).
>
> 	I do not "break" a copyright if I possess copyrighted materials in
> an unencrypted form (look at your bookshelf).
>
> - thor

Right.  It's just semantics; what would be broken is not a copyright but 
a license which you (knowingly or not) agreed to when you accepted the 
data.  Or, more specifically, Digiguide would be breaking their 
contract/license by providing the data in an unencrypted form, or even 
by providing you with a method to unencrypt it.  I don't know if 
Digiguide places any restrictions on you trying to unencrypt it 
yourself... in the USA that would probably fall under the DMCA :-(, I 
don't know if the UK has anything similar...

-JAC