[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[Eric Sharkey]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 02/20/2009 03:26 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> Scott D. Davilla wrote:
>>> Hulu is working again in XBMC -> http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/5941
>>>
>>> That took what, 1.5 days :)
>> Boxee was told by Hulu they were no longer allowed to access content.
>> There is no 'hack' or update to be done.  They are violating Hulu's
>> terms of service.
>
> Agreed...

Nonsense.  The terms are ridiculous.

> # uses technology or other means to access the Hulu Services that is not
> authorized by Hulu

Where is the list of authorized technology which can be used to access
Hulu?  If I have a Linksys router between my computer and my internet
service provider, how do I know if this brand of router has been
approved by Hulu to carry their packets? Can I use an IPv6 host to
access Hulu through a 6to4 gateway?  Has Hulu approved IPv6 and 6to4
gateways?  What if my computer is solar powered, is that ok?

Hulu can't possibly even pretend to individually authorize every
technology or means that may in some part be used to provide access to
their content.

> (including disabling or circumventing any mechanisms
> for preventing the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of the Hulu
> Services);

Boxee, for what I've seen of it, does not facilitate reproduction or
distribution.  It sends a request to the Hulu servers, the Hulu
servers make copies of the data and distribute them to the Boxee
client, and then the Boxee client displays it.  The only reproduction
and distribution being done here is being done by Hulu and not Boxee.

> # accesses the Hulu Services through any automated system, including
> "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers" (other than public search
> engines for the sole purpose of, and solely to the extent necessary for,
> creating publicly available search indices — but not caches or archives
> — of the Hulu Services);

Boxee is not an automated system; it is not an offline system; it does
not cache or archive content.

Where is the violation here?

Eric Sharkey