[mythtv-users] MythTV and BitTorrent?

C D Waddell cdwaddell at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 14:10:55 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Will <will at st0rage.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 08:55 -0500, jedi wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 06:58:23PM +1000, Dean Harding wrote:
> > > Will wrote:
> > > > My understanding of reality was that playing (and ripping) encrypted
> > > > DVDs in linux with things such as libdvdcss is illegal in the US,
> > > > whereas bittorrent use is not.
> > >
> > > True, but ripping non-encrypted DVDs is not. The "Rip DVD" feature
> still
> > > works perfectly on non-encrypted DVDs if you don't have the libdvdcss
> > > library installed.
> >
> >      It's a nice little paradox. However, the fact that you are breaking
> > the encryption pretty much gaurantees that you are engaging in legitimate
> > use with works in your own posession. The opposite is most likely true
> with
> > bittorrent.
> >
> >      BitTorrent use is typically the sort of activities that law
> enforcement
> > would raid BBS systems over in the pre-web days. BT has the problem of
> being
> > an download/upload medium. Most people using it are also "making
> available"
> > and are doing so while displaying a big fat "kick me" sign.
> >
> >      At least my use of mplayer doesn't send out a big signal flare to
> > MediaSentry and the like.
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> Torrents != Illegal. Already went over this, so I won't repeat myself and
> make a huge paragraph. :P
>
> It doesn't matter; I stopped by IRC and was told that there is no
> discussing it in the IRC channels OR the mailing list. (#mythtv or
> #mythtv-users)
>
> This does not seem very open to me. I suppose the source is free, but
> the speech isn't. ;)
>
> I am disappointed, not with the decision on including torrent
> functionality in MythTV, but with the way that some people on this list
> and on IRC tried to kill discussion of it.
>
> "Isaac doesn't like it, GTFO" doesn't seem like a very productive
> attitude. How many other features are killed off in this way, I wonder?
>
> -Will
>
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I think the discussions are prohibited because they are pointless because
the current devs will not implement the functionality.

--D
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