[mythtv-users] MTD going away

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday, September 29, 2010 03:47:39 pm Andrew Close wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Gavin Hurlbut <gjhurlbu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Michelle Dupuis <mdupuis at ocg.ca> wrote:
> >> Is this a fully automated process?  I rip DVD's that I rent and then
> >> leave them as ISO's until I want to watch them.  If you can convert to
> >> a fraction of the size, keep the quality, and make it fully automated,
> >> I'd be interested to do that too!
> > 
> > Arrrr!  That be piracy.  You may want to consider NOT broadcasting such
> > things on public mailing lists.
> 
> could be kind of a gray area depending on where you live.  if you rent
> more DVDs than you can watch before you have to return them, rip them
> and watch them later, delete the rips after you've watched them,
> you're just time shifting.  :)  not exactly legal, but not exactly
> illegal either, depending on your local...

I think a "rental" is an agreement to license the content for a specified period of time. The time shifting language 
applicable to broadcasts does not apply, since a specific time period for viewing has been stipulated by both parties.

In the case of Netflix, where you can keep the disk for as long as you like, you are receiving your next disk while still 
holding the content from the first, so I understand their problem with it.

But this is probably an inappropriate topic for here in any case.

This should stop the thread:

Hitler