[mythtv-users] The Death of MythTV in the US?

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:27 PM, Bob Sully wrote:
>
>>> As I understand it, Hauppauge  will be releasing an HDMI capture  
>>> card.
>>> This
>>> should allow you to record anything that your TV could display.
>>
>> And when they do, you better pick one (or several) up quickly, before
>> this happens to them:
>> http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9898065-1.html
>
>
> Damn, that's ugly.  As soon as those Hauppauge cards are available -
> someone PLEASE let us know.  I plan on grabbing at least two of them.
>
> What ever happened to "fair use"?  Most of us are NOT pirates.  We  
> USED to
> be able to record HBO on the old VCRs without any problems.  God, I  
> hate
> the studios.

Fair use in the USA went away with the DMCA, something that was done  
not by the studios but by your elected representatives, albeit with a  
lot of prodding by the studios.

beww