<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Will <<a href="mailto:will@st0rage.org">will@st0rage.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 08:55 -0500, jedi wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 06:58:23PM +1000, Dean Harding wrote:<br>
> > Will wrote:<br>
> > > My understanding of reality was that playing (and ripping) encrypted<br>
> > > DVDs in linux with things such as libdvdcss is illegal in the US,<br>
> > > whereas bittorrent use is not.<br>
> ><br>
> > True, but ripping non-encrypted DVDs is not. The "Rip DVD" feature still<br>
> > works perfectly on non-encrypted DVDs if you don't have the libdvdcss<br>
> > library installed.<br>
><br>
> It's a nice little paradox. However, the fact that you are breaking<br>
> the encryption pretty much gaurantees that you are engaging in legitimate<br>
> use with works in your own posession. The opposite is most likely true with<br>
> bittorrent.<br>
><br>
> BitTorrent use is typically the sort of activities that law enforcement<br>
> would raid BBS systems over in the pre-web days. BT has the problem of being<br>
> an download/upload medium. Most people using it are also "making available"<br>
> and are doing so while displaying a big fat "kick me" sign.<br>
><br>
> At least my use of mplayer doesn't send out a big signal flare to<br>
> MediaSentry and the like.<br>
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</div>Torrents != Illegal. Already went over this, so I won't repeat myself and make a huge paragraph. :P<br>
<br>
It doesn't matter; I stopped by IRC and was told that there is no<br>
discussing it in the IRC channels OR the mailing list. (#mythtv or<br>
#mythtv-users)<br>
<br>
This does not seem very open to me. I suppose the source is free, but<br>
the speech isn't. ;)<br>
<br>
I am disappointed, not with the decision on including torrent<br>
functionality in MythTV, but with the way that some people on this list<br>
and on IRC tried to kill discussion of it.<br>
<br>
"Isaac doesn't like it, GTFO" doesn't seem like a very productive<br>
attitude. How many other features are killed off in this way, I wonder?<br>
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-Will<br>
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</div></div><br>--D<br></div>