[mythtv-users] How to view and download torrents from the web

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday 17 March 2009 14:28:20 Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mailing_List_etiquette#Anything_else_I_shoul
> >>>d_be_aware_of.3F
> >>
> >> Any idea why there's no link to this on the mailing list sign-up page
> >> at http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users? It would
> >> be a good intro for  people joining the list.
> >
> > Perhaps because people would then ask "why can't I discuss bittorrent
> > when it has legitimate uses" as their first message.
>
> Having just read the mailing list etiquette, discussing bittorrent
> isn't strictly forbidden. In fact, the word "torrent" isn't even
> mentioned. Where it would cross the line is when you start talking
> about bittorrent and a video file of any kind. If you were to ask if
> there was a torrent for downloading MythBuntu, MythDora or other FOSS
> type stuff that should be fine.

Good point. In the past there were some discussions of integrating a torrent 
client into Myth itself, and that is not something that should be discussed 
here, at least that's how interpret the rules.

We (meaning me as a user) don't want Myth to be perceived as a "Pirate" tool 
of any sort. Even DeCSS is not a part of Myth, though it could be a part of 
the underlying operating system. There are many places where DeCSS can be 
legally used, but the USA is not one of them, and Myth is a USA-based 
project, in spite of the fact that it has many non-Yankee users.

None of us want the Myth developers to be required to waste time on legal 
matters. Win or lose in the end, it's a diversion of scarce resources.

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