[mythtv-users] Congress to Make Commercial Skipping Illegal

[Phil Bridges]

<trimmed for sanity>

> That's not true.
>
> Paragraph 11 does exempt "the making imperceptible...limited portions
> of audio or video content of a motion picture", but only under the
> following conditions:
>
> Skipping parts of the show is OK if and only if,
>
> (1) the computer program doesn't save an altered copy of the show, and
>
> (2) the computer program doesn't make "changes, deletions or
> additions" to commercials, and
>
> (3) the maker or distributor of the program (or device) puts a
> "provides a clear and conspicuous notice" at the beginning of the show
> that the program has been altered from its original form
>
>
> This would be a very bad thing for Myth in the U.S. Call your U.S.
> Senator *right now* and ask him or her to vote against this bill, or
> at the least use delaying tactics to postpone it until the next
> session starts in January.
>

Consider this:

I *don't* save an altered copy of the show, amd Myth doesn't make changes,
dletions, or additions to commercials.  Therefore, all I should need is a
OSD warning at the beginning, correct?  I don't see where this section
disallows commercial skipping.