[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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