James,<div><br></div><div>Whether or not the specific contents of the epg are copyrightable, I suspect any particular publication of them is. So while the novels of Jane Austen are out of copyright, I don't think you can just photocopy any published version of them...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Brendan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 March 2010 07:41, James Gray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james6.0@gmail.com">james6.0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Somebody needs to take this through court, IANAL but an EPG is a<br>
collection of facts, which can't be copyrighted in itself.<br>
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I remember the first guy who got a takedown notice (years ago, I can't<br>
remember who is was) got offers for donations to a legal fund, but he<br>
wanted no truck with it...<br>
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It's most frustrating that it always ends up this way<br>
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Hadley Rich <<a href="mailto:hads@nice.net.nz">hads@nice.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello,<br>
><br>
> As you are possibly aware I was hosting the guide data at<br>
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> On Friday I received the below email and unfortunately have had to<br>
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> Luckily, as has been discussed in other threads, there are alternatives.<br>
> One of the alternatives is no longer watching Sky :)<br>
><br>
> hads<br>
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