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

[James Gray]

Brendan Dacre wrote:
> 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
Yes, but we're substantially transforming the publication format here 
(converting to XMLTV format). It's not as if we're photocopying the TV 
guide.

>
> On 17 March 2010 07:41, James Gray <james6.0 at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto:hads at nice.net.nz>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > As you are possibly aware I was hosting the guide data at
>     > epg.pvr.geek.nz <http://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
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>     > To: info at nice.net.nz <mailto:info at nice.net.nz> <info at nice.net.nz
>     <mailto: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.
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>     > Yours sincerely
>     >
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