[mythtv-users] Time Warner encrypting everything. HDHR Prime with CableCard unable to record anything.

[Eric Sharkey]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
>
>> You're also ignoring that a "protected path" is very much not what
>> many people who use MythTV are looking for
>
> Rock, met hard place.  CableCARD certification
> for copy-once/never content requires protected path.
>
> If MythTV users want to change the rules, they
> will need to step up and work at a different level
> (Congress for a change in copyright law that
> currently gives content owners rights in how one
> can access their works, or the content providers
> themselves to eliminate the DRM requirements
> on their content).

I don't really expect either of those to happen any time in the near
future.  I expect it's more likely for broadcast (including cable)
distribution to fully collapse and the industry to move to on-demand
streaming only distribution before either of those two efforts could
succeed.

Eric