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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 165244" data-attributes="member: 12681"><p>Hi Krazz,</p><p></p><p>You didn't step on my toes. I think for the reasons I have stated we should try to develop just one epg grabber system. However, I am happy when people want to have their own projects. If some one comes up with a whole new system that replaces WebEPG, I would be very happy. I can leave the epg business and move on to other things <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>However, I cannot personally support your system because I think that downloading the data, filtering it and then re-distributing it, steps over the line.</p><p></p><p>All most all sites have policies, stating the grabbing it not allowed. However, I view grabbing as no different to offline web browsing. The data is downloaded and stored to be viewed later. We just use a special viewer that does not render the html the same way as other browsers might. This is fine when each person downloads a personal copy.</p><p></p><p>However, when you start to store this information on a server and pass it on to others, I think this crosses a line. Which may depend on your views on copyright and the rules in your country. </p><p></p><p>I believe in most (all?) countries facts cannot be copyrighted. So EPG data could be seen as facts. However, I believe a collection of facts can be copyrighted? Also maybe only the title, time and date of the show are fact. The decription, rating, etc could be considered orignal work? </p><p></p><p>As most of this as far as I know, has never been tested in a court of law, it is hard to say. I just don't want to be the one doing the testing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I don't want to scare you away. So there is no need for you to "go away", please continue your work <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>/James</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 165244, member: 12681"] Hi Krazz, You didn't step on my toes. I think for the reasons I have stated we should try to develop just one epg grabber system. However, I am happy when people want to have their own projects. If some one comes up with a whole new system that replaces WebEPG, I would be very happy. I can leave the epg business and move on to other things ;) However, I cannot personally support your system because I think that downloading the data, filtering it and then re-distributing it, steps over the line. All most all sites have policies, stating the grabbing it not allowed. However, I view grabbing as no different to offline web browsing. The data is downloaded and stored to be viewed later. We just use a special viewer that does not render the html the same way as other browsers might. This is fine when each person downloads a personal copy. However, when you start to store this information on a server and pass it on to others, I think this crosses a line. Which may depend on your views on copyright and the rules in your country. I believe in most (all?) countries facts cannot be copyrighted. So EPG data could be seen as facts. However, I believe a collection of facts can be copyrighted? Also maybe only the title, time and date of the show are fact. The decription, rating, etc could be considered orignal work? As most of this as far as I know, has never been tested in a court of law, it is hard to say. I just don't want to be the one doing the testing ;) I don't want to scare you away. So there is no need for you to "go away", please continue your work :) /James [/QUOTE]
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