[mythtv-users] Their Baaaacccckkk!

[Mike]

Chad wrote:
> On 2/9/06, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> On Thursday 09 February 2006 22:43, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>     
>>> On 2/9/06, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
>>>       
>>>>     from Arstechnica:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     *HBO wants its programming to be off-limits for DVRs*
>>>>
>>>> 2/9/2006 2:03:29 PM, by Eric Bangeman <mailto:eric at arstechnica.com>
>>>>
>>>> Although the courts shot down the FCC's attempt to enforce the broadcast
>>>> flag, the networks are moving full steam ahead on getting the flag
>>>> written into law one way or another. So far, one bill has been
>>>> introduced <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051218-5797.html>
>>>> that would plug the so-called "analog hole," and there have been a
>>>> number of Congressional hearings
>>>> <http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/broadcast-flag.ars> on piracy
>>>> and copyright. No matter what the venue, the mantra of the media
>>>> industry has been the same: restrictions on what consumers can do with
>>>> their broadcasts are absolutely necessary in order to stop piracy and
>>>> keep the networks in business.
>>>>
>>>> Right.
>>>>
>>>> HBO has joined the fray with a recent FCC filing
>>>> <http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-02/hbo-petitions-fcc-to-prevent-dvr-rec
>>>> ording/> in which it argues that its programming—and all "Subscription
>>>> Video On Demand" services—should fall into the category of "Copy Never."
>>>> In a broadcast-flagged world, that translate into consumers not being
>>>> able to record content broadcast by HBO. No TiVo, no VCR, no video
>>>> capturing on your PC, /no nada/.
>>>>         
>>> oh well, at least HBO doesn't have any content worth watching any more
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>>       
>> Wow, you just said a mouth full. We dropped hbo, showtime, etc. just for that
>> single reason. Why pay a premium for tired old reruns like GUARDING TESS, THE
>> NEST, TIMELINE, MANIC?
>>
>> We have a better, cheaper time renting and borrowing DVD's from BLOCK BUSTER
>> or friends and neighbors...
>>
>> Ain't no broadcast-flag in them... :')
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Or netflix...
>   
Or vongo....

I'm getting tired of watching all of these ships sink... I wish I had 
life on a PVR so I could skip ahead to the part when they are gone.

-Mike