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

[Brendan Dacre]

James,

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...

Brendan

On 17 March 2010 07:41, James Gray <james6.0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
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