[mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

Michael Jones mythlist at michaelandholly.com
Wed Jun 20 18:52:43 UTC 2007


That or <<shudder>> switch to Vista Ultimate Media Edition .. EW!!!...



On Jun 20, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Michael Jones wrote:

> 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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