2009-02-11, 03:26
I think they fly in large V formations during migration - or that may be the European swift.
Point taken. I retract my hijacking comment.
Point taken. I retract my hijacking comment.
smcnally75 Wrote:Just for the record...IMDB never started anything here. An xbmc user brought IMDBs "rules" to the attention of the devs and the devs decided to do the right thing and ask for permission.
goake Wrote:All i wanted to know was what the response was from IMDB when Team XBMC asked for permission to scrape their site.
johnny2 Wrote:Puhleez. The devs have always known what IMDB's rules were. They just chose to look the other way until recently. It's like saying the devs are surprised that people are using XBMC to watch stuff they illegally downloaded off the Internet.
themoviedb is not a long term solution and will ulitmately fail like freedb when the maintainer loses interest.
tslayer Wrote:It is no longer the default.. But we leave it to the user to make the decision as to whether they want to risk anything.
smcnally75 Wrote:To be honest, I don't think there is anything unlawful about them having the scraper in XBMC. I may be wrong, but I think it would only be unlawful if it was being used for a commercial program or for another website. As for you illegal downloads comment... The debs can't control how people use XBMC. XBMC doesn't download these movies nor does it aid anyone in getting them. I personally have a collection of 375 movies and have the physical disc for every one of them put away in a closet. That comment is akin to saying that Ford sells Mustangs fully aware that people will use them to rob banks.
johnny2 Wrote:themoviedb is not a long term solution and will ulitmately fail like freedb when the maintainer loses interest.
ultrabrutal Wrote:I don't think IMDB cares about you copying movies - it's not their business - they care about their site and their database and have clearly stated that they don't want robots and scrapers. So don't see your comparison as fit in any way
Quote:Licensing IMDb Content; Consent to Use Robots and Crawlers: If you are interested in receiving our express written permission to use IMDb content for your non-personal (including commercial) use, please visit our Content Licensing section or contact our Licensing Department.Our use is personal and not commercial since XBMC is a free product and nobody makes a profit off of it. You only need to request permission for non-personal and commercial use.
Quote:If you visit IMDb.com, you accept these conditions.This is one of my favorites! This is like having a note taped to your toilet that says "By entering this bathroom you have agreed to pay the owner of this bathroom $1000". They can't hold you accountable for ANY agreements without having you physically accept an agreement by signing up for an account or by not allowing you to even access the site without acknowledging the agreement.
ultrabrutal Wrote:Yes XBMC reads the NFO. Don't think it looks for .INFO files