On 8/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> Then, as we discussed the issue, he rambled a bit about:<br>><br>> * protecting the content of copyright holders<br><br>Hmmm... This one is generally a concern of the copyright<br>holders/Hollywood Types, not CATV operators. I'd guess that language did
<br>not originate with the cable folks.<br><br>I wonder if the HWTs are pressuring the cable operators to take these<br>actions, knowing it will not be them (the HWTs) who get into trouble if<br>there is a problem.<br><br>
If you could prove that, can you say "conspiracy" ??<br><br>I still say the EFF should be made aware of the situation.</blockquote><div><br></div></div>It is interesting that we are seeing firewire access closed in the Southern California portions of the Time Warner and Cox Communications organizations.
<br><br>I don't think that we can prove anything; but I sure can smell it.<br><br>Tom<br>