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

[Max Waterman]

Jason Werpy wrote:

>On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:07:17 -0500, Mark L. Cukier <mark at pemicro.com> wrote:
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>>Currently I would NEVER consider getting a "black box"-- I'm not going
>>to steal cable. But, once the "black boxes" output a signal with the
>>flag filtered out... well, I'll still pay for my cable but I'll
>>definitely have a black box!!!!!!!!!
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>>:-D
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>This reminds me of an add they run on my cable where a guy is
>interviewing for a job.  Then the interviewer notes that he has a
>criminal record.  The inverviewee says "Oh that, I just had one of
>those cable descramblers, its was no big deal".  The interviewer looks
>at him and says well this interview is over, or something like that. 
>Then cue the ominous "Cable Theft, its a Crime," voice over.  Every
>time and I mean EVERY time I see this add I can just hear them
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>replacing the line about stealing cable with "I just recorded a show
>to watch later with my PVR", and replacing the cable theft line with
>"Recoding HD TV, its a Crime."
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Maybe the EFF/whoever should run an ad campain with something like this. 
It might wake people up to what is happening....or it might not...

Max.