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<blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 55125" data-attributes="member: 14215">My point is that they cant sue(or shouldnt be able to) you for allowing a user to do something that might be legal in some cases, and illegal other times. It might be that some cable provider doesnt disallow it for example, in which case it should be sufficient that MP pointed out before using the softcam that you should check your terms of agreement.Anyway, the Smartcards now a days are so hard to copy that in order to use a seperate smartcard reader you would need at least one working original smartcard anyway, so how is it more illegal than say the SmartWi cardsplitter i am using?Note that a widespread program like MyTheatre which supports havent been sued yet. I think the MP team is being overly cautious and i hate it when lawyers manage to make some illegal by using scare tactics.Finally just supporting the MDAPI doesnt even require MP to integrate Softcam support, it would have the nature of a plugin and you could just choose not to distribute it along with MP. MediaPortal can hardly be held responsible for the plugins people load into their own MP! No-one has sued Microsoft over people making illegal programs for windows, right?Then what is this (live and open) thread (in the dev forum) about?:<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=13057" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=13057</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ziphnor, post: 55125, member: 14215"] My point is that they cant sue(or shouldnt be able to) you for allowing a user to do something that might be legal in some cases, and illegal other times. It might be that some cable provider doesnt disallow it for example, in which case it should be sufficient that MP pointed out before using the softcam that you should check your terms of agreement. Anyway, the Smartcards now a days are so hard to copy that in order to use a seperate smartcard reader you would need at least one working original smartcard anyway, so how is it more illegal than say the SmartWi cardsplitter i am using? Note that a widespread program like MyTheatre which supports havent been sued yet. I think the MP team is being overly cautious and i hate it when lawyers manage to make some illegal by using scare tactics. Finally just supporting the MDAPI doesnt even require MP to integrate Softcam support, it would have the nature of a plugin and you could just choose not to distribute it along with MP. MediaPortal can hardly be held responsible for the plugins people load into their own MP! No-one has sued Microsoft over people making illegal programs for windows, right? Then what is this (live and open) thread (in the dev forum) about?: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=13057[/url] [/QUOTE]

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