Send Freeview an email telling them you have scripts that customers can
use to get EPG info in to their appliances with and ask them to publish
the source on their web site to aid other customers.
You're not out to make a commerical gain.
I get the impression that their issue would be if you were using their
content to promote the sale of something you have without them getting a
cut - eg a TV listings web site with your own ads and their content.
It would be interesting to hear what their comment is.
If they're smart then they'll embrace GPL developers and leverage
synergy from the relationship.
They may like to take your content and publish it on their site to aid
uptake of Freeview technology.
It has to be remembered that Freeview are in competition with SkyTV.
Hence they should be very interested in anything that pushes adoption.
Especially when they're carrying channels that are only available on
Freeview.
Cheers Don
Kale Worsley wrote:
Hi,
Hypothetically, If I was snooping around on thee http://freeviewnz.tv
website and came across an xml page that contained links to the EPG data
of all the freeview channels, wrote a PHP script to spit the data out as
XMLTV format, and THEN read the terms and conditions page on the site...
"The listings of programmes are protected by copyright owned by TVNZ,
CanWest TVWorks , Maori Television Service, Radio New Zealand, and other
broadcasters. None of the listings of programmes to be broadcast may be
reproduced by any means without the express permission of these companies."
...what would you, clug members, suggest I do with the information and
PHP script, hypothetically?
'Hypothetical' moral dilemma...
Thanks,
Kale
