[mythtv-users] Zap2It - isn't this a two part problem?
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Sat Jun 30 21:30:02 UTC 2007
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 06:21:16PM -0400, Chris Ribe wrote:
> It seems to me that EIT data could be integrated as one source of
> data in a larger listings distribution system. In theory, only
> one person per market needs to be receiving the EIT/ETT data for
> everybody in the market to benefit.
> I am not a lawyer and I can't give you permission to redistribute
> my station's EIT data, but there is a strong case to be made that
> you don't need our permission to do so. It is data about our
> program stream that is already broadcast in the clear to everyone
> in our viewing area. It don't see how either we or TMS could claim
> copyright infringement if someone were to receive that data with an
> antennae and then email it to their friend across town. The idea of
> putting a box in our station to relay guide data to the internet
> hardly seems necessary in light of the fact that we are already
> broadcasting that data.
Well, I don't know precisely which fields that data stream contains,
but ... well, clearly, the fact of its' broadcast in the clear isn't
enough, or the *programs* wouldn't be copyright either. :-}
I'm getting some advice on this topic, though I can't say I much like
it. I concur with your point of view, Chris, but we're *engineers*;
of course we're sane.
Cheers
-- jra
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