[mythtvnz] EPG a possible alternative

Hadley Rich hads at nice.net.nz
Thu Oct 23 06:57:15 BST 2014


On 23/10/14 15:10, Nick Rout wrote:
> There is plenty of law that holds that EPG data is not the subject of
> copyright, as it is simply a compilation of facts. There is such law
> in Oz, which is probably the closest to us jurisprudentially. Of
> course no one wants a fight with Sky to establish this in NZ law. See
> http://techliberty.org.nz/skys-takedown-notices/

Great word. A great shame that no one has been able to prove that here 
yet. Ignoring that can of worms;

Perhaps using Bittorrent is worse considering the current state of the 
law in NZ regarding file sharing. Isn't there a distinction that 
specifically covers peer to peer but not direct download.

hads
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