On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:15:46 +0000, Simon Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 February 2005 06:54, Brad Templeton wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 09:41:25PM -0800, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > > There has been a lot of uproar about the recent NYT article that comes
> > > very close to accusing MythTV users of being TV pirates.  At the request
> > > of a few people on #mythtv-users, I've posted both a letter and a
> > > petition, which will be sent to the Times in a week or two (depending on
> > > how many people sign).  You can find them at:
> > >
> > > http://forevermore.net/mythtv/nyt/
> > >
> > > Please don't overload my poor DSL line.  :)
> >
> > The article was written by two folks.  One, John Markoff, is a friend
> > of mine and I talked with him about the article.  He indicated his own
> > desire had been to cover the innovation end, but the co-author (Manly), who
> > was the one who finished up the story, wanted to write more about the
> > filesharing aspects of it.
> >
> > So if even John couldn't get the story to come out as he wanted, I
> > don't hold a lot of hope for a letter.  The letter is decent, and to
> > the point (usually only one point ever gets through in a letter to
> > the editor) but I've not known newspaper editors for being too sympathetic
> > to complaints about being associated with bad things by being in the
> > same story.     But it doesn't hurt to try.
> the BBC have provided a special mechanism for MythTV users (well all xmltv
> users really) to get the program guide data from them, so as to reduce the
> burden on their web site. as a broadcaster of some repute, their attitude to
> MythTV should be acknowledged.
> --
> simon
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Its probably worth noting that since they don't use adverts they have
nothing to lose however ! :)
- Ciaran
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