[mythtv-users] MythTV and BitTorrent?

[jedi]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:47:05PM +1200, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:06 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 07/18/2008 10:23 AM, Will wrote:
> > > Is there a list on the wiki of taboo subjects, so this doesn't happen
> > > again? It would be nice to know which features/etc should not be talked
> > > about on the list that Isaac has strong opinions on.
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_etiquette#Anything_else_I_should_be_aware_of.3F
> >
> > Specifically, #5.  Note the history shows it has existed there since, at
> > least, April 2007, so I didn't just put it in there.
> >
> 
> "Discussions of copying and/or distributing video obtained via MythTV
> recording or imported in to MythTV via other means is strictly off-limits."
> 
> So you can't talk about copying or distributing the content in your MythTV
> system. How does that forbid talking about a method of importing content
> into MythTV?

...because that import method also comes with an export method built in.

That's the key problem with BitTorrent in general.

The unwashed masses don't realize that they are setting up their
own equivalant of an ftp server when they are using it to download
something. It's the same sort of situation that led to that woman
having a 200K judgement handed down against her over some 20 year
old Journey song and it's friends.

Whether or not she realized it or not she was putting up a big fat
"kick me sign" in orange neon. She was drawing attention to herself
and drawing the wrong sort of attention. Even if everything the was
doing was "perfectly legal" that's still not a good idea.

It's like dangling a prairie dog on a string right in a Lions face.

Not every protocol comes with the big "eat me" sign included.