[mythtvnz] [Fwd: Sky Television: Infringement of rights]

[James Gray]

Somebody needs to take this through court, IANAL but an EPG is a
collection of facts, which can't be copyrighted in itself.

I remember the first guy who got a takedown notice (years ago, I can't
remember who is was) got offers for donations to a legal fund, but he
wanted no truck with it...

It's most frustrating that it always ends up this way





On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> As you are possibly aware I was hosting the guide data at
> epg.pvr.geek.nz
>
> On Friday I received the below email and unfortunately have had to
> remove the data from our webserver.
>
> Luckily, as has been discussed in other threads, there are alternatives.
> One of the alternatives is no longer watching Sky :)
>
> hads
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Philip Wood <philip.wood at buddlefindlay.com>
> To: info at nice.net.nz <info at nice.net.nz>
> Subject: Sky Television: Infringement of rights
> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:14:00 +1300
>
> Please see the attached letter.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Philip Wood
>
> Philip Wood
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