[mythtv-users] Guide Idea - Would You Trade Viewing Statistics (Privacy) for Guide Data?

[Brian Wood]

Chris Ribe wrote:
> 
>     I've been reading the threads on zap2it pulling it's guide data due
>     to alleged "abuse".  I am not sure how you can abuse XML guide data,
>     but I am sure that MythTV now has a significant install base which
>     may be on the radar of companies that produce Living Room-Media
>     Centers boxes.   I have been wondering what do we as MythTV users
>     (collectively) have of value that we could trade for guide data?  I
>     was cleaning this weekend and I found a savings bond that I received
>     from Nielsen ratings for participation on their viewing board.  
> 
> 
> 
> I don't have much of an opinion one way or the other, but I do think it
> would be great fun to write up a patch to send back randomly generated
> viewing data instead of what was actually watched.

Like in the old days of the original Nielson meters, before they made
them interactive. You would turn on "Masterpiece Theater", then go out
for the night.