[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

Josh White jaw1959 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 27 03:36:38 UTC 2009


On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org>
> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> I used the term "pirates" in the context of peoples
> >>> perceptions...however jumping through hoops to circumvent the actions
> >>> of the sites owners in order to violate the sites terms of use of
> >>> certainly isn't a whole lot better.
> >>
> >> From U.S. Title 17 Chapter 12:
> >>
> >> ...in order to enable the identification and
> >> analysis under paragraph (1), or for the purpose of enabling
> >> interoperability of an independently created computer program with
> >> other programs...
> >
> > Refers back to (1) which reads
>
> It's an "or" not an "and".  It's the second branch of the or which is
> relevant here.
>
> Boxee is "an independently created computer program" which is being
> made interoperable with the Hulu web site.  The software running on
> the Hulu servers is the "other programs" in this case.
>
> Eric
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it makes perfect legal sense that we should have to wield a mouse to access
hulu rather than a remote control.
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