[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/21/2009 03:08 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Saturday 21 February 2009 12:49:51 backuppc wrote:
>> I would hasten to point out, however, that hulu's HTML presentation
>> (i.e. what you see at hulu.com) contains *no* ads (the ads are all in
>> the video stream).  So it was not a case of Boxxee depriving hulu of
>> their ad revenue.
> In any case, this didn't take long:
>
> http://lifehacker.com/5157615/how-to-reinstall-a-working-hulu-in-boxee
>
> If the material is on the net, in any form, trying to keep it on "computers", 
> and off "TV sets" is a doomed effort. The difference between a TV set and a 
> computer monitor is only in the mind of the perceiver, in reality there is no 
> difference.
>
> So I would expect the content to disappear from the net completely, there is 
> no other solution for the desires of the content owners.

Yep, if people are unwilling to respect the terms of the site, then the 
content owners will just take their football and go home.  And then the 
people who were abusing the site (violating ToS) will complain about the 
big mean media companies.  And then people will find other ways to steal 
the content.  And then the media companies will start to sue people.  
And then a large majority of the people who steal tons of movies will 
get away with it, and a few people will be sued.  And then the media 
will talk about the occasional grandmother or 7 year old getting sued.  
And then the media and people will complain about the big bad media 
companies.

No, I'm not saying that the media companies are doing the right thing.  
I'm simply saying that I completely understand their reluctance to 
continue to provide the content if people are unwilling to abide by the 
terms under which it's distributed.

Mike