[mythtv-users] Torrentocracy

[Kyle Kelly]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Your problem is that you don't necessarily have the right to then 
> share that recording you made with your friend despite the fact that 
> he recoreded it for you.   While he could show the recording to you in 
> his home, if he were to give you a copy to take to your house, I 
> believe (and I could be wrong here), that he would be in violation of 
> his rights as it pertains to his recorded copy of that show.  He has 
> the right to time-shift it, or even show it to a limited audience of 
> friends (assuming he doesn't charge), but sharing the recording is not 
> allowed.  This is where ReplayTV has gotten into hot water.  This is 
> an old link, but it talks about the problems ReplayTV has gotten into 
> about sharing recordings 
> (http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2001-all/isenberg-2001-11-all.html) 
> but I think this is still working its way through the courts.
>
> Kevin 

Kevin you should re-read David's post, he is not suggesting the sharing 
of record tv shows, just sharing suggestions of what to record.  Kind of 
similar to Tivo's recommendations feature, or irate (irate.sf.net).  I 
love the idea, especially if it could determine what kind of shows I 
like to watch and then record shows that it thinks I might like, 
obviously at a lower priority to my manually scheduled recordings.