[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 28 February 2009 01:23:00 Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 5:53 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
> >> Steve Hodge wrote:
> >>> If Hulu are giving you something for free don't you think that fact
> >>> makes it (morally) even more important to obey the conditions they do
> >>> impose? Certainly if I was paying for that service I'd feel more
> >>> morally justified in accessing it in whatever way I wanted to.
> >>
> >> I'm not arguing with that at all, just saying that it's not quite the
> >> same issue as hacking a for-pay service.
> >
> > If you even show the ads I'd say they can't prove damages, which is
> > necessary in a civil suit (which copyright usually is).
>
> Sure - in the case of individuals they're going to struggle to prove
> damages and generally wouldn't bother to try. In the case of the Boxee guys
> they might be able to get an injunction though.
>
> But it sounds like you agree that copyright infringement applies and are
> just saying that there won't be any consequences.

We have here the classic case of parties A and B making an agreement that 
binds party C to do something. This is generally considered not allowed.

Probably of interest to folks following this thread:

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0209/598054.html

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