[mythtv-users] Day Dream MythTV P2P Network

[Nathan Smith]

Mmm, maybe more of a philosophical/legal discussion- I certainly don't want
a flame war, this stuff is too fun to get all serious about. It was a
daydream/embryonic idea and I don't want anyone to put the Kibosh on MythTV.

That said, the movie industry now makes it possible for me to download a
whole Movie for $2-$4 USD over my 144kb IDSL and view it on my computer.
With the right codec (DIVX?) the file size could become a non-issue.

If we are "timeshifting" now is it that big of a leap to "virtual
timeshifting" or "virtual recording".  Maybe the networks will let us get
away with it if we all sign a statement promising to watch all the
commercials instead of skipping them.  Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

Perhaps a Gnutella client that integrates easily would be the way to do it
safely.  Like selling the parts to make weapons automatically separately
from the weapon itself?

-Nate


thor said:
> On Wednesday 07 May 2003 04:23 pm, Cedar McKay wrote:
>
>> possible that some big powerful companies would come sniffing around
>> trying to find something illegal about what we do.
>
> Not to get all high and mighty on the Jeffersonian Democracy thing, but
> I always look at incumbent power as a challenge, not something to be
> hiding  from. Call me crazy ...
>
Of course, the good ol' US of A is not based on the Jeffersonian Democracy
thing.  It's more a case of "which industry or large corporation thinks
they're losing a little bit of cash and how many politicians are up for
re-election".  Or in better terms:  he with the money wins.

Crap, did I just open the gates to a flame war?  If so, someone please
close 'em!