[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

Bill Williamson bill at bbqninja.com
Mon Feb 23 22:36:00 UTC 2009


On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:33 AM, diane mittnik <dianemittnik at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 2/21/09, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
> > Nick Rout wrote:
> >> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Don't forget that ANYONE using mythtv to record a MLB baseball game is
> >>> violating the implied license they state at the beginning of each and
> >>> every
> >>> baseball game.
>
> No, time shifting is legal in the US.  Collecting and displaying stats
> is legal.  Playing back recordings of games for educational purposes
> is legal.  Whether you can afford to defend a lawsuit if you report
> scores during or immediately after a game otoh... or how/where/when
> you display stats...
>
> It's the same as the stupid copyright paragraph the NYT sticks into
> the "print" page of an article, so that when you print the article you
> are  not only carrying around the article, but the ugly copyright
> paragraph at the top left corner which means nothing if the printout
> is for your personal or educational use.  Or the copyright
> prohibition(s) put on every news story from the "wires" (AP, AFP,
> Breitbart, others).  They may wish it, but they can't change the
> limited rights granted to end users and educational institutions under
> copyright law.
>
>
So what you're saying is that we should pay attention to some TOS, and not
other TOS?
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