[mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

[Chris Petersen]

Srikant Sharma wrote:
> Is it possible for us (mythtv-users) to convince them to share the 
> data with a very limited number of users?  We users can later 
> distribute.propagate the data using some peer-to-peer protocol. This 
> will alleviate the load on their servers and we can still manage to 
> get the listings.

Their main concern is that there are people making money off of services
that they are giving away for free.  Though I don't speak for TMS, I can
guarantee you that they'd never release listings data to the community
for distribution (it was suggested once when DD was first established).
 Their whole point is that they don't mind individual users getting the
data (hence offering it for free on zap2it.com), but if someone is
selling a product that uses the TMS listings, they need to pay for the
right to do so.

To reiterate, bandwidth is likely not a major concern, but people
violating the terms of the user agreement are.  Without a way to prevent
it, they're shutting down the entire service.

-Chris

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