[mythtv-users] Telly's Free Program Guide

[Ian Forde]

On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 14:00, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> Well, the license to retrieve the info is per Tivo unit, but once the data
> is downloaded to your unit, they can't tell you what to do with it.  You
> could definitely argue that it's 'fair use' to extract the listing data from
> your Tivo box.  Whether you wanted to import it into Myth, print it out,
> wallpaper your house with it or write it on a grain of rice, nobody can stop
> you.  Heck, nobody would even know.  The snag is, while it might be OK for
> you to use the data for your own personal uses (as long as you didn't
> redistribute it), the actual development of a tool to extract it might run
> afoul of the DMCA.

Agreed on the first part.  The second, IMHO, would be a far less
controversial step than the current MythDVD module under development. ;)

	-I
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