[mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes Issac

[Mark L. Cukier]

Currently I would NEVER consider getting a "black box"-- I'm not going 
to steal cable. But, once the "black boxes" output a signal with the 
flag filtered out... well, I'll still pay for my cable but I'll 
definitely have a black box!!!!!!!!!

:-D


Maverick wrote:

>>Oh.  The writer is a policy analyst for EFF.  No *wonder* the piece is
>>so good.  :-)
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>Yeah, but he makes that plenty clear, heh.
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>>Well, I blogged it, and posted it on mythtv.info; let's hope it gets
>>some traction in the media.  Thanks for the pointer.
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>Agreed. The whole broadcast flag thing is retarded. What ever happened
>to the day where you could buy a reception device without paying for
>the content? Radio, OTA TV, are all a dying breed... :(
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>I guess their feeling is, if the commercials are paying for the
>content, and people are outsmarting the commercials (albeit still
>paying for content reception in many cases), then they'll just make
>you watch the commercials and not allow you to record. I guess they
>forgot about the millions of people that work while "must see TV" is
>being aired and require alternatives for later viewing.
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>-Kenneth
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