[mythtvnz] EPG problems

Gary Te Young mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:57:58 +1300


>With the amount of effort that it takes to get a listings website going 
>only to have it shut down by people like TVNZ, there would seem to be a 
>less risk in having a script that grabs the listings directly from the 
>source.
>If the source was decentralized (or international) it would be almost 
>impossible to shut down...

Is it illegal to use the DVB-S tv grabber script to get the EPG?  If it
isn't, then is it illegal to allow people access to your DVB-S card to grab
the information themselves?  This way there is no website holding the EPG
data just php script or something of that nature that will return the data.

Regards,
Gary Te Young
 
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