[mythtv-users] looks like ananova pulled the plug on tv_grab_uk

[Richie Jarvis]

Paul Woodward wrote:

>I think it has potential unless they:
>a) mess with the feeds to reformat it at random (like yahoo do with stocks pages)
>b) detect if you are trawling their site (i.e. multiple hits in quick succession from same ip/browser, use of cookies etc.). We might be able to mitigate this by sending different headers, spacing out the requests, only getting one day's listings at a time etc.
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I think that anything that actually rips off a site whilst breaking the 
terms and conditions (like the methods you have suggested) would get us 
in alot of trouble.  I think the only way to go with this is to do it legit.