[CoLoCo] internet TV

[Jim Hutchinson]

Then a myth box should be fair use to if it does the same thing - i.e.
record off air broadcasts or cable broadcasts. In fact, it's really
just a DIY tivo. I guess the legality questions come in to play with
internet "broadcasts".

On 10/8/07, Paul Schwartz <pmjs1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> No. the VCR was determined to be fair use by the Supreme Court.
>
> Paul
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> From: Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>
> To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2007 11:12:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] internet TV
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> I haven't played with it yet but isn't mythbuntu supposed to address a
> lot of this? My may still need to pay for cable or something. I really
> don't know. Unless you want actual cable shows, most or all of the
> network shows are available off air. With an antenna and a tuner card
> you could probably get mythbuntu to record everything you want. Should
> be legal too since it's no different than recording to a VHS (or was
> that technically illegal too?).
>
> Jim
>
> On 10/8/07, phillip tribble <phillip.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 10/8/07, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 09:52:19AM -0600, phillip tribble wrote:
> > > > I can play those file no problem. I would like to get rid of cable TV
> > and go
> > > > online from my TV to download tv shows / news without a computer. The
> > OSD lets
> > > > you view youtube. I would like that functionality for regular tv shows
> > >
> > > Internet TV is a nebulous marketing term.  We need to know exactly
> > > which services you want to use.  Different ones put different
> > > roadblocks in the way.  Knowing which ones others like which work on
> > > linux lets us swing the tide towards more open access.
> > > -Neal
> > >
> > > > On 10/8/07, Dave Vanderploeg < dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >     What exactly are you trying to watch? According to their wiki you
> > should be
> > > >     able to play AVI, MPG and MOV files
> > http://wiki.neurostechnology.com/
> > > >     index.php/OSD_Player_Testing
> > > >
> > > >     On 10/8/07, phillip tribble < phillip.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >         After spending hours researching how to get internet tv (movies)
> >  to be
> > > >         viewable on mytelevision (legally ofcourse), I could not find
> > anything.
> > > >         I currently have the Neuros OSD( www.neurosaudio.com ) and can
> > only
> > > >         watch YouTube on my television. Does anyone have a solution or
> > idea to
> > > >         replace comcast and watch internet media on a TV?
> > > >
> >          OK. For example: I want to watch a new episode of heroes on my TV.
> > I want a device (or method) to let me view it on my TV without using a
> > computer. I would like to watch regular TV shows over my Internet
> > connection. imagine going to http://wwitv.com/portal.htm and being able to
> > watch the content on a tv rather than a pc.
> >
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