[mythtv] DVB patch for Freeview/Xtraview

Stephen Boddy stephen.boddy at btinternet.com
Tue Apr 12 19:07:27 UTC 2005


On Tuesday 12 April 2005 20:02, Stephen Boddy wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 April 2005 12:44, Rob Jones wrote:
> > Their is the legal argument of intent though; as by doing this you are
> > still technically stealing the service, regardless of the technical
> > arguments of how you did though.
>
> Not entirely sure I agree with this. If you broadcast something over the
> air in the clear I don't think you can be accused of stealing it. If I'm
> sitting in the park, and Disney come along and start screening Fantasia,
> they can't then turn around and accuse me of stealing. If I duck in the
> back door of a cinema and watch a screening of the same film, that is
> stealing, because I've circumvented the method for controlling access to
> content. I personally wouldn't see this patch as having circumvented
> control of access. Then again IANAL.

Further I'd just add that a pound for _1_ day of _1_ channel is rather steep.
-- 
Steve Boddy


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