This is really truly such an unfortunate attitude. I really
appreciate this patch. Many other myth users including yourself I'm
sure appreciate this patch. Bit torrent is not illegal technology.
No, bittorrent is not illegal. Nor is mythtv. But combining them in such a way that makes it blatantly easy for people to share tv recordings will draw the same attention that Napster did (napster was not illegal until people started using it to share copyrighted files -- no one cared about the people who were sharing legal recordings).
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what torrentocracy does, but the general sentiment is that the few people who are doing things the right way (sharing legal content) will be overlooked as soon as someone starts breaking the law. What we do as individuals is our own business, but the mythtv developers have decided that we don't want to be seen as even remotely supportive of this venture.
Now, maybe someone could figure out some kind of safeguard system to prevent access to non-legal-torrent sites that would make Isaac feel differently about such things, but that's between you and him.
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