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 > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Its probably worth noting that since they don't use adverts they have nothing to lose however ! :) - Ciaran
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