[mythtv-users] CCI Copy Freely Letter Campaign

[John P Poet]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

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> On 7/17/2015 1:20 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
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>> On 7/17/2015 1:08 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
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>>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
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>>>> Okay, I put my keystrokes where my mouth is (err... you know what I
>>>> mean):
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>>>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/CCICopyFreelyLetterCampaign
>>>>
>>>> Help me refine the letter.
>>>>
>>> It's not entirely accurate to say "your content is not viewable with
>>> the software I choose to use".  If you had an STB and and HDPVR you
>>> could record it just fine with the same software.  It's just more
>>> expensive to do so.
>>>
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>> Yeah, there are lots of possible combinations and permutations. I'm
>> trying to keep it simple. Our software plus our hardware. No expensive
>> rentals of STBs.
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> I assume you are referring to a STB plus HD PVR combination. What happens
> when they implement SOC?
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectable_Output_Control
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> CCI=Copy Freely is the only true answer.


If we have any hope of this working when 4K becomes the standard, then we
need to get the precedent set now.  Component, and therefore HD-PVR,
solutions will not work with 4K content.

John
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