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Getting TV shows with Azureus and Bittorrent
I saw this earlier today and now I see it's jumped to the top of the digg heap: a
how-to on grabbing missed TV shows
off Azureus and Bittorrent. The author says "missed" because we all know the law protects time shifting,
not copying something you didn't pay for. In fact, the author begins with, "I'll start by saying that I am a
paying cable subscriber." Dang skippy! Unfortunately, just because you're paying for cable won't indemnify you
from legal action thanks to the DMCA. I don't know what the
difference would be between an old-skool VHS deck and an encoded file in binary format (like those you'd find whizzing
around the interwebs), but I suppose that's what all the brouhaha is all about. Right? I mean, there's an inherent evil
to those bits, yes? That's why the government is protecting us from ourselves, correct?Anyway, this is a great overview of the process, including a lot of commentary from the author on his own proclivities. Makes sense that he doesn't need soap operas in HD. What this boils down to is something we used to call (way back in 2004) "broadcatching," or grabbing stuff using RSS and Bittorrent. Only here's some added info with Azureus and a cool web automation technique. For you Linux cats, there's the TV RSS app.
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Subscribe to commentspeteFeb 10th 2006 1:42PM
You're not just downloading a show you've already paid for. By using bittorrent, you're also sending that show out, potentially to people who did NOT pay.
So, you're way off in that the brouhaha is all about the bits. You should know by now, especially with Bush in office, it's all about protecting the corporations and their investors - not the people.
michael kFeb 10th 2006 2:25PM
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Joost SchuurFeb 10th 2006 4:03PM
If your spin is that just want to get invidual episodes that you missed, you don't need to bother explaining how to grab and launch torrents automatically from an RSS feed. The only reason to do that would be to get every single episode, regardless of whether you watched it live or your DVR season pass caught it.
Joost SchuurFeb 10th 2006 4:03PM
If your spin is that just want to get invidual episodes that you missed, you don't need to bother explaining how to grab and launch torrents automatically from an RSS feed. The only reason to do that would be to get every single episode, regardless of whether you watched it live or your DVR season pass caught it.