[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[David Brodbeck]

Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Don't forget that ANYONE using mythtv to record a MLB baseball game is
>> violating the implied license they state at the beginning of each and every
>> baseball game.
>>     
>
> I don't know what restrictions MLB try to place, but in NZ we have a
> (limited) statutory right to timeshift.
>   
My guess is if MLB tried to enforce their license against someone who 
was doing timeshifting, they'd lose because of the Betamax precedent, 
which basically ruled that timeshifting is fair use.  But IANAL.

I've never heard of them going after a home user, but I know that the 
NFL enforces the prohibition on public performances.  They've sent 
cease-and-desist letters to church groups who were having Super Bowl 
parties, for example.