[mythtv-users] Time Warner encrypting everything. HDHR Prime with CableCard unable to record anything.

[jedi]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 03:14:20PM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> >
> >> You're also ignoring that a "protected path" is very much not what
> >> many people who use MythTV are looking for
> >
> > Rock, met hard place.  CableCARD certification
> > for copy-once/never content requires protected path.
> >
> > If MythTV users want to change the rules, they
> > will need to step up and work at a different level
> > (Congress for a change in copyright law that
> > currently gives content owners rights in how one
> > can access their works, or the content providers
> > themselves to eliminate the DRM requirements
> > on their content).
> 
> I don't really expect either of those to happen any time in the near
> future.  I expect it's more likely for broadcast (including cable)
> distribution to fully collapse and the industry to move to on-demand
> streaming only distribution before either of those two efforts could
> succeed.

   In the meantime, I am happy that I can help contribute to the
collapse of the cable industry. <snip> <snip>