[mythtv-users] CCI Copy Freely Letter Campaign

[Kirk Bocek]

On 7/17/2015 2:33 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> Which is why it's important to try to understand the motivations of a
> company like Fox pushing for tighter DRM.  It's clear to see how Time
> Warner benefits, but how does Fox?  What are they trying to
> accomplish?  What I think they want is more people watching live (and
> not skipping ads).  Sending them a letter saying "your practices make
> it hard for me to view your content on my handy-dandy auto-commercial
> skipping DVR" will fall on deaf ears since that is entirely the point
> of their actions.
>
>

And the cable companies are all now renting ad skipping DVRs themselves. 
The content producers complained and the cable companies refused to give 
up a revenue stream.

I'm just not going to sit back and meekly say, "Oh well it doesn't 
matter anyway. My actions are pointless."