[mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?
Michael Jones
mythlist at michaelandholly.com
Wed Jun 20 19:14:54 UTC 2007
Sorry for multiple messages on a single thought.. but my send finger
overrode the rest of my reflexes..
.. or even manage some process that acts as a "proxy" to their
server? I know.. this would probably figure in with
"redistribution".. but it might be worth considering..
- Michael
On Jun 20, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Chris Petersen wrote:
> Srikant Sharma wrote:
>> Is it possible for us (mythtv-users) to convince them to share the
>> data with a very limited number of users? We users can later
>> distribute.propagate the data using some peer-to-peer protocol. This
>> will alleviate the load on their servers and we can still manage to
>> get the listings.
>
> Their main concern is that there are people making money off of
> services
> that they are giving away for free. Though I don't speak for TMS,
> I can
> guarantee you that they'd never release listings data to the community
> for distribution (it was suggested once when DD was first
> established).
> Their whole point is that they don't mind individual users getting
> the
> data (hence offering it for free on zap2it.com), but if someone is
> selling a product that uses the TMS listings, they need to pay for the
> right to do so.
>
> To reiterate, bandwidth is likely not a major concern, but people
> violating the terms of the user agreement are. Without a way to
> prevent
> it, they're shutting down the entire service.
>
> -Chris
>
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