[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Improving handling of PES files

[Diego Biurrun]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 04:49:14PM +0100, Christian Aistleitner wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:24:11 +0100, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
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> >On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 04:11:01PM +0100, Christian Aistleitner wrote:
> >>
> >>On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:00:26 +0100, Nico Sabbi
> >><nicola_sabbi at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> >>
> >>>btw, upload to incoming  some sample that shows a remarkable difference
> >>>with your patch applied and post the filenames, please
> >>
> >>I'd love to, but unfortunately I can't. Where I come from, it's legal to
> >>record from tv. But it's not legal to share recordings with a group of
> >>people being as large as the group of mplayer developers.
> >
> >This is not about disseminating content.  A small snippet will do and
> >should fall under fair use laws.
> 
> a small snippet will not do. It should at least be several minutes, to see  
> the effect. For seeks in too short files, the difference would not be  
> measurable.
> And according to my imterpretation of law, it would be sharing content  
> with others, which I am not allowed to.
> 
> > If you're afraid, use a commercial.
> >Which company is going to sue you for spreading advertisements?
> 
> Getting sued is not the point. I also doubt that someone would sue me. The  
> point is "doing something illegal". And commercials do not qualify as free  
> either ;)

This is about obeying the spirit rather than the letter of the law.  If
you're afraid, I can't help you.  We've been doing this since forever,
there has never been a single problem of any kind.

Diego