[mythtv-users] Cringely article mentions Myth

[nate s]

He's reselling the access not the show itself.  Sorta similar to a
netflix sorta deal in a way, you pay a monthly fee for access to
whatever.


On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 07:27:21 +0200, Shaul Kedem <shaul.kedem at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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