<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Will <<a href="mailto:will@st0rage.org">will@st0rage.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 11:33 -0500, Kevin Kuphal wrote:<br>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Jeff Walther <<a href="mailto:trag@io.com">trag@io.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:36 -0500<br>
> > From: Will <<a href="mailto:will@st0rage.org">will@st0rage.org</a>><br>> ><br>> > That was my point; both functions have an illegal and legal<br>> purpose<br>
> > depending on how you use it.<br>> ><br>> > If you have one, why be afraid of the other?<br>> ><br>><br>> As was stated earlier, logic does not enter into it.<br>
><br>> Bit torrent has a much higher emotional index for those who<br>> want to own<br>> all content all the time.<br>><br>> The second thing to realize is that anyone with a few idle<br>
> attack lawyers<br>> could shut down MythTV any time they decide to.<br>><br>> The sad truth about our legal system is that you don't have to<br>> be right or<br>> even have a decent legal case. If you can afford lawyers and<br>
> file paper<br>> work on a bogus case and the other side cannot afford lawyers<br>> to defend it<br>> and file paper work in response, then you win, even if your<br>> case was<br>
> totally groundless.<br>><br>> Even a simple open and shut case (summary judgement, because<br>> the plantiffs<br>> legal theory is seriously flawed) can still cost the defendant<br>
> several<br>> thousand dollars, not to mention heart-burn, anxiety, loss of<br>> sleep,<br>> anger, depression, lost wages, and damage to their<br>> cardiovascular system.<br>
><br>> So, it's not right and it's not just, but it's better to just<br>> avoid any<br>> public activity that will get you noticed by the forces of<br>> evil. (And it<br>
> says some truly damning things about our society and our pride<br>> in our<br>> "freedom of speech".)<br>><br>> CoreAVC is a great example. DMCA take down notice and *BAM*, their<br>
> off the net.<br>><br>> Kevin<br></div></div>
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<br></div>You mean this? <a href="http://www.coreavc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coreavc.com/</a><br><br>Doesn't look off the net to me.</blockquote>
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<div>It isn't now, but it was for a period of time because some accused it under the DMCA (the CoreAVC for Linux site). Luckily they got support from the CoreAVC folks are back online. I doubt MythTV would get such support from the MPAA, etc.</div>
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<div>Kevin</div></div></div>