Bad news for MythTV users

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE:

For several years we have offered a free TV listings service to hobbyists for their own personal, noncommercial use. In October of 2004 we posted here an open letter saying the future of Zap2it Labs was at risk because of certain growing misuses of the Zap2it Labs data. Unfortunately this misuse has continued and grown. These misuses, combined with other business factors have led to the decision to discontinue Zap2it Labs effective September 1, 2007.

We thank those users who have honored the terms of the agreement, and we suggest you consider the many TV listings options offered by the commercial licensees of TMS TV listings data.

If you would like to discuss how to license TV listings for commercial use, please let us know by e-mail ([email protected]) and include your company name, telephone number and the best time to reach you. We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.

We anticipate this decision will generate discussion and invite you to respond via the Zap2it Labs forum. We will do our best to respond to relevant questions posted on this forum in a timely manner.
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Only bad for American users. Even then it's not the end of the world.

Everyone else in the world can just keep on doing what they were doing before. I'll keep grabbing my EPG from the DVB-S stream from Optus D1, UK users will keep grabbing their listings from the Radio Times site, you get the idea.
 
I've been using MythTV since before the zap2it feed was available, so I know there are other options. None were as easy as zap2it, so I'll certainly miss it.
 
Nice. Thanks for the link. Here's to hoping they have a good solution. I'd help out if I was a lawyer or CPA.
 
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