[mythtv-users] MythTV and BitTorrent?

[Will]

On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 11:33 -0500, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Jeff Walther <trag at io.com> wrote:
>         >
>         > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:36 -0500
>         > From: Will <will at st0rage.org>
>         >
>         > That was my point; both functions have an illegal and legal
>         purpose
>         > depending on how you use it.
>         >
>         > If you have one, why be afraid of the other?
>         >
>         
>         As was stated earlier, logic does not enter into it.
>         
>         Bit torrent has a much higher emotional index for those who
>         want to own
>         all content all the time.
>         
>         The second thing to realize is that anyone with a few idle
>         attack lawyers
>         could shut down MythTV any time they decide to.
>         
>         The sad truth about our legal system is that you don't have to
>         be right or
>         even have a decent legal case.  If you can afford lawyers and
>         file paper
>         work on a bogus case and the other side cannot afford lawyers
>         to defend it
>         and file paper work in response, then you win, even if your
>         case was
>         totally groundless.
>         
>         Even a simple open and shut case (summary judgement, because
>         the plantiffs
>         legal theory is seriously flawed) can still cost the defendant
>         several
>         thousand dollars, not to mention heart-burn, anxiety, loss of
>         sleep,
>         anger, depression, lost wages, and damage to their
>         cardiovascular system.
>         
>         So, it's not right and it's not just, but it's better to just
>         avoid any
>         public activity that will get you noticed by the forces of
>         evil. (And it
>         says some truly damning things about our society and our pride
>         in our
>         "freedom of speech".)
>  
> CoreAVC is a great example.  DMCA take down notice and *BAM*, their
> off the net.
>  
> Kevin
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You mean this? http://www.coreavc.com/

Doesn't look off the net to me.

-Will