I recently started a post which discussed the merrits of having a main repository, other than the official XBMC repo, and some other things about handling reliability and stability issues of XBMC plugins. I was informed that I could not mention a specific repo because it contained plugins related to accessing pirated content.
So I removed direct references to the repo. I was fine with that. I can understand the situation. It was the ideas I wanted to discuss anyway, not any specific repo's or plugins.
The someone else made references to the repo in question, and my whole thread was deleted! Why didn't you just delete the offending posts? If I don't like a thread for some reason & would like to see it removed, should I just post to it & reference a plugin that accesses pirated material?
Then there is this. When I got the email about the deletion, there was a link to the forum rules. I was really surprised to see the section below:
What a surprise! It appears that I can discuss the Transmission bittorrent plugin because I can use it for puropses other than downloading pirated content. But I can't mention the name of a repo that contains some plugins that access pirated content & some that don't?
Can somone please clear this up for me?
And please don't forget my first question, which I will restate this way: If someone starts a thread and somone else posts something that breaks forum rules, is it really the norm that you will delete the OP's thread instead of the offending post?
So I removed direct references to the repo. I was fine with that. I can understand the situation. It was the ideas I wanted to discuss anyway, not any specific repo's or plugins.
The someone else made references to the repo in question, and my whole thread was deleted! Why didn't you just delete the offending posts? If I don't like a thread for some reason & would like to see it removed, should I just post to it & reference a plugin that accesses pirated material?
Then there is this. When I got the email about the deletion, there was a link to the forum rules. I was really surprised to see the section below:
Quote:1. All discussions dealing directly with or linking to add-ons, websites, or services that violate US copyright laws ("pirated content") will be closed when a forum moderator has been made aware of them. The original poster or add-on creator may provide a link to a website not hosted by XBMC for further discussion and inquiries.
2. Discussions for add-ons that link directly to pirated content and enables the user to access that content through the add-on will be shut down.
3. All links to pirated content will be removed.
4. "Pirated content" add-ons, websites, and services typically do not include the following (to be determined on a case-by-case basis if necessary):
A. The add-on does not actually perform the act of accessing pirated content ("mistaken identity") [For example, Sickbeard, which performs no actual downloading or streaming.]
B. The add-on has the potential to access pirated content, but is potentially useful for downloading legal content as well. [For example, an add-on that downloads torrents is not, itself, a problem, since a torrent can cover a wide variety content, including legally distributed videos.]
What a surprise! It appears that I can discuss the Transmission bittorrent plugin because I can use it for puropses other than downloading pirated content. But I can't mention the name of a repo that contains some plugins that access pirated content & some that don't?
Can somone please clear this up for me?
And please don't forget my first question, which I will restate this way: If someone starts a thread and somone else posts something that breaks forum rules, is it really the norm that you will delete the OP's thread instead of the offending post?