[mythtv-users] FIOS copy protecting national Fox channels

Kirk Bocek t004 at kbocek.com
Thu Jul 16 18:06:06 UTC 2015



On 7/16/2015 10:54 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You should do it if you think it will make you feel better, but be
>> aware of the reality that it is 100% in a content providers rights,
>> or a distribution provider, to request/require the content to be
>> marked with copy protection.  Few people have cancelled their
>> TV contract because ShowTime is marked copy-once for instance,
> Even ShowTime doesn't require that.
>
> mythtered% hdhomerun_config 13108AC4 get /tuner2/vstatus
> vch=865 name=Showtime HD auth=subscribed cci=unrestricted cgms=n/a
>
>

Really? Unfortunately I can't get the CCI status on unsubscribed 
channels. But I never even thought to subscribe to any premium channels. 
I always assumed they would be copy once or worse on Comcast.



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