rtmp with swfurl / pageurl / playpath

Hi,

I have very general question. I have seen users have given information about tool like rtmpgui which gives you rtmpdump / rtmp link to access media. I was curious to know if accessing those contents using rtmp link, are we directly connecting to the media owner server or it is connecting via pageurl we mentioned?

Thanks

Ritz

[zip]

to media server, page url is there just for validation purposes

Reason i asked this question as there are couple of sites which offer online channel as a paid service. I am not very sure the content they are offering have any copyright infringment. So if i access there content through there website, i guess i am not laible as media is accesed by there website but if use rtmp links, i am directly accessing the media server, so i may become liable.
is my understanding correct? please suggest.

[zip]

it's always accessed from your IP, either via Serviio or via their flash player.

Thanks for the info!!