[mythtv-users] MythTV and BitTorrent?

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Fri Jul 18 15:43:13 UTC 2008


On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:13:24PM -0500, Dewey Smolka wrote:
> Sorry for the cut and paste, but I what I wrote in Nov '06 is still valid today:
> 
>  Just a heads up.
> 
> This list does NOT support or condone rebroadcast of recorded
> materials via the public web or torrents. This means that any talk of
> integrating BT clients into MythTV, or seeding Myth recordings is
> STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
> 
> Isaac has been very clear on this and most of the community is in
> agreement. The reasons for this position should be clear enough to
> anyone in the US, and that's where most Myth users are. The same
> reasons apply in many other countries as well.
> 
> If you want to give it a go, you're welcome to; it is open-source. But
> there is not and will not be any official support for this type of
> thing. And discussions about it should be taken off list.

Not all video recordings moved via p2p protocols are copyrighted by TV
networks or whomsoever.

If you want to put down copyright violation, go right ahead.

But don't tar p2p with that brush, please.

Cheers,
-- jra
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