[mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

[Michael Jones]

This is probably academic.. but.. Without reliable and relatively  
automated data, I might as well disassemble my MythTV box or just use  
it as a "DVD Jukebox".

I have confidence that a solution will be found.. MythTV existed  
before Zap2it gave us xml data didn't it?


I think Chris has a good point that we haven't reached the point  
where "freaking out" is warranted... I'm sure SOMEONE will let us  
know when it's time to freak out ;-)



On Jun 20, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Chris Petersen wrote:

> Dan Ritter wrote:
>> You can't copyright a title of a creative work. You can apply
>> for a trademark, but that doesn't restrict people from talking
>> about it. (I bought a box of Kleenex tissues yesterday. Want to
>> learn how to configure a cisco 2600?) And patents don't apply.
>
> Call it trademark, then.  Either way, *most* tv show names belong to
> someone, and you can't legally publish information about them without
> proper attribution.
>
> TMS's descriptions do probably fall under "creative work", though.
>
>> Now, TMS may have a contract with each and every television
>> station in North America... but I suspect that they don't, and
>> that they may not even have an exclusivity clause. Consider PBS
>> stations.
>
> It doesn't take "each and every" station..  but if they have  
> exclusivity
> (or near-exclusivity) agreements with most of the big ones, it  
> makes it
> hard for a small group of users to get access to the data,  
> expecially if
> we're all too cheap to consider paying more than $5-10/year (let alone
> per month).
>
> -Chris
>
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