Not only am I all for paying, assuming it is a reasonable amount, I would also like to see an option to "Donate and extra $1 a month to the MythTV project." These guys work hard and deserve some support, this would be a great and easy way to kick some back.
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brad DerManouelian</b> <<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Robert Current wrote:<br><br>> TMS is Zap2it. So, this is going to be the same old data, with new<br>> location to download from, and a price tag?<br>><br>> Hmm... Just a legal question, but isn't EIT data unencrypted, and
<br>> technically "free-2-air" data? Granted, the sat-to-cable listings<br>> associations aren't easy.<br>><br>> What is the legality, really? Not being sarcastic, I really don't<br>> know. What each individual media source is planning to broadcast is
<br>> something they advertise, promote, and want the world to know.<br><br>TMS provides additional information (like show descriptions) which<br>are copyrighted by TMS. They also have a right to charge for the data<br>
collection from broadcast stations all over the country and<br>redistributing according to their agreements with broadcasters, but<br>the real value is in the copyrighted content they create.<br>_______________________________________________
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