[mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes Issac

[Mark L. Cukier]

LEIA: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will 
slip through your fingers....

Neil Watson wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 10:41:31AM -0800, Geoff Scott wrote:
>
>> Given one of the posters thoughts, which I think are really good, how
>> about something like:
>>
>> "The Big Media Companies are about to buy you.  The Government is
>> about to sell you.  Do you want to be a digital slave?"
>>
>> or
>>
>> "Imagine a world with no fast forward buttons"
>
>
> Ultimately the broadcast flag will take away our VCRs.  VCRs will be
> phased out in favour of DVRs which, when honouring the broadcast flag,
> will be less functional.  No more time shifting.
>
> Ultimately, I think this law will fail.  Even if it's passed, there will
> be mass civil disobedience.  There will be a work around.  There always
> is.  People will simply buy offshore devices that shipped in brown paper
> boxes. 
>
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