[mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotesIssac

[Johnson, Thor]

>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:07:46 -0500, Neil Watson
<mythtv at watson-wilson.ca> >wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 07:27:20PM +0000, Allan Stirling wrote:
>> >I'm trying to imagine a world where a DVR without timeshifting is
>> >anything other than a dumb cable box. Nope. It's not happening.
Clues? >;)
>> 
>> I'm sure you will still be able to timeshift infomercials.
>> 

>Yes, in general I don't think that networks want to prevent
>time-shifting.  If time-shifting allows them to get higher ratings,
>then they are pro-time-shifting.  What they want to be able to do is
>prevent commercial skipping and prevent output to a permanent digital
>archive (i.e. burning to a DVD or something).  Also they want to be
>able to expire your PVR'd copy of the show automatically.

That's exactly what I thought when watching Modern Marvels: Plumbing the
other day.  It had a notice that it was to be freely recorded and
showing in schools, but all copies had to be destroyed as of a certain
date....

Pthpth... not that I keep Modern Marvels around anyway...

-Thor Johnson