Martin Springer wrote: > > Marcus Kuba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why are you talking about the future of commercial projects when we > > were asking about a non- commercial project that's going on for more > > than two years now? > > Because Klaus mentioned the use of our driver in commercial STBs. > > [...] > > > >LinuxTV software is free software licensed under the GNU public > > >license. As long as it is not illegal to write software for computers > > >and distribute its source code under the GPL, we always can write the > > >software we need in order to filter the signals out of the noise > > >offered by most of the broadcasters. > > > > What does that mean "in German"? If I wouldn't know better I could > > believe you are indirectly saying that we shall better use the > > softcam-stuff instead of waiting for a fixed CAM-support... > > Don't understand me wrong. I would very much appreciate if the driver > developers could fix the CAM support. > > But the crucial issue is not whether you can watch TV "legally" by > using a CAM or "illegally" by using a softcam. > > The big question is if it will be illegal to write and distribute GNU > software like VDR which allows you decide on the way you watch tv by > controlling your set-top box. > > Software like VDR undermines the business models ofmovie moguls like > Murdoch which rely on monitoring your behaviour and sending you > targeted advertising. > > In an article for the Washington Post, Jack Valenti, the CEO of the > Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) postulated: > > Computer and video-device companies need to sit at the table with > the movie industry. Together, in good-faith talks, they must > agree on the ingredients for creating strong protection for > copyrighted films and then swiftly implement that agreement to > make it an Internet reality. Without concord, one option is left: > Congress must step in to protect valuable creative works on the > Net and thereby benefit consumers by giving them another choice > for movie viewing. > > Can you imagine Klaus and the driver developers sitting at the table > with Jack Valenti? > > yours sincerely > > Martin Springer
There's an interesting statement on http://linuxtv.org TV is dead - this is LinuxTV Only the access to the source code of our future television sets will guarantee the independence of content and technology. I believe that page was created by a guy named Martin Springer... Klaus -- _______________________________________________________________ Klaus Schmidinger Phone: +49-8635-6989-10 CadSoft Computer GmbH Fax: +49-8635-6989-40 Hofmark 2 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany URL: www.cadsoft.de _______________________________________________________________ -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
