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

[Barry Clearwater]

On 19 March 2010 08:03, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Aaron Whitehouse" <lists at whitehouse.org.nz>
> > To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] [Fwd: Sky Television: Infringement of rights]
> >
> >
> >> Steve Hodge wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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 economics change dramatically when you consider that Sky are now in
> >> the PVR market. MySky provides great lock-in, so it becomes a valuable
> >> asset. The more that Sky can prevent anyone else giving decent access to
> >> Sky programs on a PVR, the more people with Sky will get a MySky and
> >> will stay on Sky (among other reasons, to avoid losing their MySky).
> >>
> >
> > You are (somewhat independently) alluding to what I've been wondering, that is whether the commerce commission might be persuaded to
> > investigate whether this action is with adequate basis and / or might constitute an anti competitive action?
> >
> > The Fair Trading Act may well be relevant - but not as might have been suggested.
>
> In what way?
>
> >
> > I also understand one of the commerce commission's investigation hurdle criteria is the volume of complaints received.
> >
> > Before anyone gets too pessimistic that such an approach is unlikely to bear fruit I am reliably informed that a prominent
> > technology company was recently issued with a compliance advice notice regarding the information they need to give consumers - all
> > to do with a topic dear to our hearts - HD TV.
> >
> > The commerce commission might well be worth communicating with.
> >


I just wanted to bump into an old thread here with a thought.  Bear
with me before flaming me out... ;-)
DVD's are covered with copyright notices, and are hired out by Video
Ezy etc, who I understand get around some of the areas of the law
by requiring that all those who rent are "members" of their club, so
they only rent to membership.

If the EPG data gathered by those of you clever people who provide
this was only available to "members" of a mythtv new zealand
group, and members had a username and password, maybe handled as part
of the script, would it help in any way get around the
worries that a CAD order might one day slide across the doorstep?  Or
is it just likely to make it worse in that then there is identifiable
links to all those who use the service :-S



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Barry Clearwater