<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joseph Caputo</b> <<a href="mailto:jcaputo1@gmail.com">jcaputo1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On 6/19/07, Jake Palmer <<a href="mailto:jakep_82@hotmail.com">jakep_82@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >From: Eric Holt <
<a href="mailto:eric-mythtv@skoozdag.com">eric-mythtv@skoozdag.com</a>><br>> >Reply-To: <a href="mailto:eric-mythtv@skoozdag.com">eric-mythtv@skoozdag.com</a>,Discussion about mythtv<br>> ><<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>> >To: Discussion about mythtv <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>> >Subject: [mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?<br>> >Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:34:27 -0400
<br>> ><br>> >I just saw this posted on the KnoppMyth forums, and for sure, I checked<br>> >out the Zap2it Labs website, and there is the announcement:<br>> ><br>> ><a href="http://labs.zap2it.com/">
http://labs.zap2it.com/</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >-----<br>> >IMPORTANT MESSAGE:<br>> ><br>> >For several years we have offered a free TV listings service to<br>> >hobbyists for their own personal, noncommercial use. In October of 2004
<br>> >we posted here an open letter saying the future of Zap2it Labs was at<br>> >risk because of certain growing misuses of the Zap2it Labs data.<br>> >Unfortunately this misuse has continued and grown. These misuses,
<br>> >combined with other business factors have led to the decision to<br>> >discontinue Zap2it Labs effective September 1, 2007.<br>> ><br>> >We thank those users who have honored the terms of the agreement, and we
<br>> >suggest you consider the many TV listings options offered by the<br>> >commercial licensees of TMS TV listings data.<br>> ><br>> >If you would like to discuss how to license TV listings for commercial
<br>> >use, please let us know by e-mail (<a href="mailto:labs@zap2it.com">labs@zap2it.com</a>) and include your<br>> >company name, telephone number and the best time to reach you. We will<br>> >respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.
<br>> ><br>> >We anticipate this decision will generate discussion and invite you to<br>> >respond via the Zap2it Labs forum. We will do our best to respond to<br>> >relevant questions posted on this forum in a timely manner.
<br>> >-----<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >~Aryq~<br>><br>> So where does this leave MythTV? Without listing data I've got a thousand<br>> dollar computer with 1.4TB of space and all it will do is play MP3's and
<br>> DVD's. I can't stand the very thought of paying Comcast for the privilege<br>> of using one of their crappy DVR's.<br>><br>> Jake<br><br><br>Back to XMLTV web scraping?</blockquote>
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<div>Australian's have been in this position from the start, you'll survivie :)</div><br> </div>