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

[Steven Ellis]

On 17/03/2010, at 7:25 PM, Ross and Jemima Knudsen wrote:

> 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?
> 

Things might have changed but when I tried 3 years ago they wouldn't sell it if you were going to publish it electronically.


Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz

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