<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/08/2008 11:16 AM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:<br>
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> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Steve Sparkman wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I'm having a minor problem with my MythTV setup. Whenever I try to<br>
>> manually enter the IMDB number in the "Manually Enter IMDB #" box,<br>
>> I can't type in the box. The grabber works fine. I've had this<br>
</div> >> problem since my last install 7 or 8 months ago. Now that it looks<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"> >> like IMDB might go away, it would be nice to find a solution so I<br>
>> can fill in the couple of blanks I have before it is too late.<br>
>><br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d"> >> Does anyone have any ideas?<br>
><br>
> Netflix has opened up their API. It should be relatively easy for<br>
> someone with some coding experience to put together a script to<br>
> download the cover art from them assuming that type of application<br>
> fits their terms<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://developer.netflix.com/" target="_blank">http://developer.netflix.com/</a><br>
<br>
</div>Looking at the API Terms of Use (<br>
<a href="http://developer.netflix.com/page/Api_terms_of_use" target="_blank">http://developer.netflix.com/page/Api_terms_of_use</a> ), I see problems with:<br>
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1.7 Your Display of Content; Attribution and Goodwill. You must clearly<br>
and conspicuously attribute the source of all Content as received from<br>
Netflix. ...</blockquote><div><br>Possible with some kind of entry in the DB for the source of the cover art <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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1.9 Appropriate Conduct and Usage Restrictions. (specifically, "you will<br>
not...download, scrape, post, or transmit, in any form or by any means,<br>
and part of Netflix service or Content other than Content which you post<br>
as part of your Application;")</blockquote><div><br>As I read it, that's cool, we'd be downloading content which we post as part of the application <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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1.10 Content And Other Data Retention. At the earlier of the end of an<br>
end user's session accessing their Netflix account from your Application<br>
or twenty-four (24) hours, you shall delete from your Application and<br>
data retention systems all Content and other data associated with the<br>
end user or their sessions ...</blockquote><div><br>This is a "gotcha" and was my guess at the answer to my inquiry. Not that this is a bad thing per se, and it could certainly be integrated to MythVideo to provide cover art on the fly. I for one have my Internet always available to downloading the art this way isn't a bid deal. The accuracy would be interesting :)<br>
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1.11 The Netflix API is made available only for the creation of<br>
Applications available to end users in the United States.</blockquote><div><br>Interesting...<br><br>Kevin</div></div><br></div>