[mythtv-users] The Coax Straightjacket: Stopping Cable Copy-Protection Abuse

[Gene Stapp]

On 10/19/07, Joe Borne <joe.borne at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  Steven Adeff wrote:
> > > On 10/12/07, R. G. Newbury < newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> > >> This link: http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000310.html
> > >>
> > >> is an interesting article about cableco's changing the 'do not copy
> > byte'.
> > >>
> > >> Does anyone know of any programs which would allow a user to find the
> > >> CCI byte in a digital stream?
>
>
> <snipped for brevity>
>
>
> Well  I have not seen any decisions which inpinge on the BetaMax fair
> > use doctrine. The DMCA and cases coming from it have focussed on the
> > 'circumvention' aspects or on the 'making available' contravention..
> >
> > Geoff
>
>
> On an unexpectedly related note...  Apparently, this is the cause of the
> problems many MythTV users have been having with tuning in channels on their
> set top boxes connected via firewire.
>
> As some of you might know. I am currently working with Insight Digital
> Cable in Northern Kentucky to resolve an issue where some of my HD channels
> that once worked will now not "tune in" via my firewire connection to my
> Motorola DCT 61xx box. I've been contacted by two other users in the area
> who have the exact same problem.
>
> Josh at insight has been extremely cooperative. If his attitude is
> reflective of the corporation as a whole, it indicates they lean towards
> consumer rights versus draconian DRM restrictions (which, if you understand
> the FCC regulations, are largely illegal).
>
> Root cause analysis has revealed the following about our situation:
>
> 1. We all lost the same channels at the same time.
> 2. Insight did a channel frequency listings change/update at that time.
> 3. HD/SD is not a factor.
> 4. Whether the channel is a "premium" channel (TNTHD, ESPNHD etc) or a
> channel that is free OTA (ABC, NBC, CBS etc) is not a factor. I have
> examples of both being blocked.
> 5. The CCI bit on every channel that is blocked is set to 0x02, and on
> every channel that works it's set to 0x00.
>
> Josh has confirmed my findings on several pieces of equipment in their
> labs. he is going to request the fix this situation. He is in contact with a
> technician at the head office and has promised to get back to me in the next
> day or two with their response concerning this.
>

Please include me on your update list. I'm also on Insight in Louisville, Ky
and I use the motorola dct dual tuner box over firewire (channel change
script and also firewire recording itself) and would like to hear how things
turn out.

Gene
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