[mythtvnz] EPG a possible alternative

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:
> On 23/10/14 15:10, Nick Rout wrote:
>>
>> There is plenty of law that holds that EPG data is not the subject of
>> copyright, as it is simply a compilation of facts. There is such law
>> in Oz, which is probably the closest to us jurisprudentially. Of
>> course no one wants a fight with Sky to establish this in NZ law. See
>> http://techliberty.org.nz/skys-takedown-notices/
>
>
> Great word. A great shame that no one has been able to prove that here yet.
> Ignoring that can of worms;
>
> Perhaps using Bittorrent is worse considering the current state of the law
> in NZ regarding file sharing. Isn't there a distinction that specifically
> covers peer to peer but not direct download.

This whole discussion is silly. There isn't a problem. Nothing needs fixing.