[darkpuppet]

NOS2Go4Me,Mar 7 2008, 08:59 AM Wrote:Someone had to stumble the exact file, which isn't publicized... which is their point. They're posting "back door" access to content that they might not deserve access to.

I can see exactly what they're getting at. Howard should nuke the thread and be done with it.
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actually, in most cases, the file can be discovered strictly by accident.

It's like embedded windows media files.... you try to open a link, your browser, doesn't recognize it because the plugin isn't installed correctly, and shows the imbedded object parameters. One of them points to a playlist. So you point your browser to the playlist, and voila... you get a list of media servers and links to the media.

Looks like mobiTV uses the same sort of embedded object and playlist, which, with any bit of browsing around, one could easily stumble upon it.

Anytime you make a portion of your app open to the outside world, that's the risk you take. You can take action against anyone using the data for illegal use (like take action against someone who's downloaded credit records for identity theft), but you can't just take action against someone who stumbled on free-to-air TV.

It's really mobitTV's the one at fault and they're trying to limit their legal exposure to their clients. In reality, they can't do much other than make threats at this point as they're the ones that should be sued for breaking their contract (assuming that the contract had define the security requirements for the copyrighted content)