[mythtv-users] Mythtv torrent downloading

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 9, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Michael Segulja wrote:

>
> Marco Nelissen wrote:
>>> On the contrary, including legally questionable features (no  
>>> matter how
>>> much we know it's not illegal precisely but used illegally by  
>>> people) in
>>> the core product opens it up to attack.  Since this activity
>>> (downloading legal torrents) can be handled effectively outside  
>>> Myth and
>>> imported using any number of means, the discussion is unnecessary.
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>> According to the documentation, MythTV has a dependency on lame.
>> I'll admit to not having checked recently, and to not being a lawyer,
>> but last I checked lame was an mp3 encoder, Fraunhofer/Thompson own
>> patents on mp3, and neither the lame-developer nor its users are
>> paying royalties. MythMusic, a standard MythTV plugin, supports the
>> AAC format. I betcha nobody's paying royalties for that either.
>> Anyway, I'd say that MythTV is *already* the very definition of
>> 'legally questionable'. The fact that something could also be done
>> outside of MythTV is no reason not to include it. I can listen to
>> music outside of MythTV, yet there's a MythMusic plugin. I can
>> check the weather outside of MythTV, yet there's a MythWeather
>> plugin. I can watch DVDs outside of MythTV, yet there's a MythDVD
>> plugin.
>>
>> Marco
>>
>>
>>
> And to take it 2 steps further:
>
> 1. ReplayTV was sued because they included commercial skipping
> technology in their DVR, and they lost big time.  MythTV skips
> commercials....
>
> 2. In the US, the DMCA says you can't bypass copy protection in  
> order to
> make a backup copy of digital media, yet Myth rips commercially  
> produced
> copy protected DVDs...
>
> The argument that Myth should stay away from things like bittorrent
> because of it's legal questionableness (is that a word??) is pretty  
> lame
> when Myth already does lots of things that could fall under the  
> illegal
> category!!  Isn't that what open source is about?? Beating the man and
> doing things the way we, the consumer, want them done????


This is a very simple three-step matter:

1.) This is Isaac's project.

2.) Isaac has stated he does not wish it to be included.

3.) Discussion ends.