<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Nov 14, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Tony Brummett wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 11/14/07, Brad DerManouelian <<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 14, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Tony Brummett wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">That's completely dependent on you local cable franchise. At my<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">location, I can't get _any_ HD from the cable. All the relevant QAM<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">channels are encrypted so I can't tune them directly, and they're<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">marked as not free to copy with the 5C settings, so I can't get 'em<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">through the firewire on the cable box.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Then they are out of compliance with the FCC.<br></blockquote><br>I keep hearing this, but I haven't seen any proof that it's true.<br><br>Everyone seems to agree that the must-carry and in-the-clear rules<br>applies to local analog stations. Many people believe that the rules<br>also apply to local digital channels, but I don't know of any<br>definitive decision either way. In fact, my local cable company<br>doesn't carry the local ABC HD station at all right now because of a<br>contract dispute.<br><br>But I don't think anyone has tried to argue that those rules apply to<br>cable-only stations, SD or HD.<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=47&PART=76&SECTION=640&TYPE=TEXT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 187); ">http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=47&PART=76&SECTION=640&TYPE=TEXT</a> </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What do you make of it?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div></body></html>