How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, & RSS
The Democracy Player is an amazing open source Internet TV application that allows you to subscribe to video RSS feeds from anywhere on the web. With a little hackery, The Democracy Player will make you wonder why you’re still paying your cable bill.
I’m not paying for cable, as I don’t really watch TV, but I’m still curious about this. Also curious about the legality. I’ll report back about whether this has worked for me, just as soon as I get some more philosophy read….
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Jeff Says:
February 24th, 2006 at 12:56:36The MPAA states that downloading television shows is illegal under Federal law except from authorized sources like through the iTunes store. The MPAA is currently going after people for downloading TV shows through illicit sources, so I’d beware.
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Michael Says:
February 24th, 2006 at 14:59:59Indeed. Unfortunately, The Democracy Player only works with Windows and Mac so far, so I’m saved by my unwillingness to spend the time trying to dink with and compile the thing for Linux.
February 24th, 2006 at 12:56:36
The MPAA states that downloading television shows is illegal under Federal law except from authorized sources like through the iTunes store. The MPAA is currently going after people for downloading TV shows through illicit sources, so I’d beware.
February 24th, 2006 at 14:59:59
Indeed. Unfortunately, The Democracy Player only works with Windows and Mac so far, so I’m saved by my unwillingness to spend the time trying to dink with and compile the thing for Linux.