[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[Eric Sharkey]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:35 AM,  <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Exactly what constitutes a web browser in the eyes of Hulu is not clear.
>
> I think it is fairly clear. It is a program that renders the html/php
> (or whatever it is that they serve up) unaltered.

There's no such thing.

Web browsers always reformat the display based on any number of
conditions.  HTML is not a publication format designed to give an
exact layout, regardless of how many web developers might try to pound
it into that mode.

> Again the issue is
> whether it is OK to take the content and present it in a new way that
> they have forbidden in their terms of use.

The terms are too vague.  What's forbidden, and what's not?  Can I
disable loading images?  What about pop-up blockers, might they be
prohibited?  What about a mobile phone browser like Opera-mini that
can automatically reformat the page to better optimize the view on
very small screens?  Can I view the Hulu site in French through a
translating proxy like Babelfish?  Where do you draw the line?

Eric