Since the majority of frontends out there are designed to run without keyboards, how many people do you think would actually bother to submit review material?
Dean Collins wrote: >On that matter, I've been tossing around some ideas about a community >server. > >I have some additional real-time functionality I'd like to build in but >one of the static concepts is I'd like to build a server that >automatically looks up reviews that other myth-tv users have submitted. > >Eg I love the film The Mechanic with Charles Bronson, some of you guys >might see that it is showing on channel xyz but not know anything about >it, you might be interested in checking out if anyone else has reviewed >it - when you see my write up it might convince you to check it out. > >It would also be interesting to see if we could get the oztivo guys >involved. > >Does anyone think this is of value? Anyone able to give some advice to >my software developer who has never built anything for myth tv in his >life >before some ideas about how to set it up? > >Any thoughts? > > >Cheers, >Dean > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Gardner >>Sent: Friday, 8 July 2005 4:23 PM >>To: andrew matthews; Discussion about mythtv >>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] IMDB Screen Scrap... legal? >> >><SNIP> >> >> >>>explicitly forbidden. Only small subsets of filmographies are >>> >>> >allowed to > > >>be >> >> >>>quoted, and only on non-commercial websites. The latter restrictions >>> >>> >on > > >>the >> >> >>>use of data may be unenforceable, as the U.S. Supreme Court in Feist >>> >>> >v. > > >>>Rural ruled that collections of facts are not protected by >>> >>> >copyright." > > >>> With that being said... i can say anything to scare you but that >>> >>> >>doesn't >> >> >>>mean i can take it to court and win. >>> >>> >>Ok great.... there is a possible legal loophole that Myth would fit >>into. But as a community project i feel we have a greater >>responsibility. If a site askes not to be screen scraped, whe should >>comply with their wishes. Especialy when there is another alternative >>that is free, and completely legal. >> >>-- >> _\ | /_ >> (@ @) >>-----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----- >> ~ Mark >> Gardner ~ >>_______________________________________________ >>mythtv-users mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >> >> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >mythtv-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
