[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR will not initially support Linux
John Drescher
drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 16:06:56 UTC 2008
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Brett Kosinski
<fancypantalons at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hauppauge also knows that Linux users in general, and perhaps Myth
> > users specifically, are regarded by H'Wood as a "bunch of pirates". I
> > can certainly understand that they might want to separate themselves
> > from the Linux effort.
>
> Strange, given that Myth users would, I suspect, want such devices so
> they can record content from their own cable subscriptions, which
> seems to be the exact opposite of what a pirate would do. After all,
> if I was just one of these pirates, wouldn't I just download the
> content?
>
> Or are you suggesting that people believe Myth users are part of a
> global cabal to illegally distribute HD-quality broadcasts to the
> public?
>
I think it is more of it is technically illegal to play a dvd in
linux. So anyone that plays a dvd is a pirate...
John
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