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

[Ross and Jemima Knudsen]

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:25 PM, <criggie at criggie.dyndns.org
> <mailto:criggie at criggie.dyndns.org>> wrote:
> 
>     I'd guess that Sky pays a fee to the copyright holder via the
>     distributor chain for access to the program/season, and part of that
>     will cover "supply and permission to use the descriptions etc"
> 
>     So Sky got sucked into paying for that info themselves.
> 
> 
> Not only that, it's also a revenue stream for them since they sell
> SkyWatch. Hardly surprising that they'd want to protect that revenue.
> 
> It does seem backward to me though as the EPG/SkyWatch is simply an
> enabler for their core business which is getting people to watch TV. The
> harder you make it for someone to find out about programs and scheduling
> the less TV they will watch and the less likely they are to continue to
> subscribe. It's similar to the movie studios that try to make it
> difficult for people to download movie trailers. WTH would you want to
> make it difficult for people to watch an advertisement for your stuff?
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve

I wonder what it would cost to buy the rights to the EPG data?..  ie
what if we were to play their game?