[mythtv-users] Cringely article mentions Myth

Shaul Kedem shaul.kedem at gmail.com
Sun Oct 3 01:27:21 EDT 2004


My question is, how can he resell it if he is working on
subscriber-based (like the article says) payment to the content
providers?


On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 18:10:39 -0400, Tom E. Craddock, Jr.
<sigtom at sigtom.com> wrote:
> Hey
> 
> Id say yes, as from Cringleys article, Andrew says he is able to store
> and replay all that content because hes reselling it. Hes already paid
> for access to those episodes, hes decided to store them, as hes allowed
> to, and can in turn allows those who he resells to access to them.
> IANAL tho, so take that for what its worth.  Quite ingenious I think.
> 
> Tom E. Craddock, Jr.
> 
> 
> 
> Shaul Kedem wrote:
> 
> >First , I must say this blew my mind , I think this got great
> >potential (and with skype and stuff this is where the market is
> >actually going)
> >
> >But...
> >
> >Let's say they recorded all of the episodes of X files and after the
> >show ended and no one is showing it anymore, will a *new subscriber*
> >have the right to watch the episodes?
> >
> >On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 16:33:32 -0400, Michael T. Dean
> ><mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On 10/01/2004 10:44 AM, Jason Werpy wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Cringley's latest column mentions someone in Canada using myth to
> >>>serve video content to an entire neighborhood.
> >>>
> >>>He's using his own dishes to gather content and is basically running
> >>>his own "cable" (actually its wireless) television service supported
> >>>by myth.  Truly amazing.
> >>>
> >>>here's the link:
> >>>http://www.pbs.org/cringely/rss/redir/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040930.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I guess that's a pretty good answer for this guy's posts:
> >>
> >>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/84548
> >>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/84352
> >>
> >>Wonder how much storage they have...  The article said, "We've reached
> >>the point now where the PVR has so much in storage already that it is
> >>set to simply record anything that isn't already on disk."  The Olympics
> >>alone ate up a huge portion of my storage, and that was only a 2-week
> >>diversion from normal broadcasting...
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>
> >>
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