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Chapter 9
3.3 Access to PC-based Media. Access to PC-based media via your
TiVo is enabled through the TiVo Desktop application that is
available at www.tivo.com/desktop.
The TiVo Desktop application itself does not contain any security
mechanisms. If your home network has Internet access but does not
include a firewall, information on your home network can be easily
seen by anyone on the Internet. Most firewall products stop all traffic
originating from the Internet, protecting your systems from malicious
network attacks or curious browsers interested in the files you have
on your computer. A firewall can be installed to protect an individual
computer or to protect a whole home network. Because the TiVo
Desktop application makes media you publish to your DVR available
on your home network, TiVo recommends that you install a firewall
that protects your home network. If your network does not include a
firewall, Internet users may be able to access media on your network
or even information on your computer, such as personal financial
data. TiVo strongly suggests you take steps to protect your home
network from unwanted intruders. Routers and home gateways,
available at most electronics stores, may include a firewall meant to
protect your home network.
Some third-party PC-based applications may also enable access to
PC-based media through your TiVo. Such applications may or may
not include built-in security mechanisms. TiVo is not responsible for
and does not warrant the use, behavior, or performance of such
applications.
Network-enabled features are intended solely to enable you to access
media that resides on your home computer for personal,
noncommercial use. The feature is not intended to be used for
listening to or viewing music, photographs, video, or other media
from third party sources including, but not limited to, Internet
streaming, webcasting, peer-to-peer or any other form of
transmission of content. Viewing or listening to media from third
party sources could subject your DVR and/or home computer to
harm and may infringe the copyrights of third parties.
3.4 Note About Privacy and TiVo Desktop Application. Please
review TiVo's Privacy Policy located at www.tivo.com/privacy,
which is incorporated herein by reference. Unless you have changed
your privacy preferences, when you use the features enabled by the
TiVo Desktop application, TiVo collects anonymous information
about the use of these features, but that does not identify you as an
individual or household. This anonymous information is treated the
same as Anonymous Viewing Information under TiVo’s Privacy
Policy. In other words, there is no personally identifiable information
associated with this data that could identify the data as coming from
you or your household.
4 We Don’t Control Third-Party Content! The TiVo service gives
you the ability to access audio, video, and other media over which
TiVo exercises no editorial or programming control (“Third Party
Content”). You understand that: (a) TiVo does not guarantee the
access to or the ability to record, display, or transfer any particular
program; (b) programming is not under TiVo’s control; (c)
programming providers may restrict or limit the ability to record,
display, view or transfer particular programs by using a variety of
copy protection mechanisms; (d) content providers may restrict or
revoke access to their content at any time; (e) TiVo is not responsible
for and has no editorial control over any Third Party Content; and (f)
TiVo has no control over the distribution of such content. You agree
that TiVo will have no liability to you, or anyone else who uses your
account and TiVo DVR, with regard to any Third Party Content.
5 Third Party Content Is Copyrighted. You also understand that
the Third Party Content is the copyrighted material of the third party