Am 15.04.2002 16:41:11, schrieb Martin Springer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>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. I don't think that this is a question convergence has to concern about, but Klaus. >Software like VDR undermines the business models ofmovie moguls like >Murdoch which rely on monitoring your behaviour and sending you >targeted advertising. The same is true for products like the Topfield 4000 PVR and many other commercially available hd-receivers. We don't want anything more than that what those machines (and the windows- firmware) offer, compatibility with available CAMs and cards. >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. This article is about the distribution of movies via internet, not about satellite-broadcasts, be them open or encrypted. Encrypted DVB-broadcast via satellite/cable is already there and works with many products on the market. We just want that, nothing more. >Can you imagine Klaus and the driver developers sitting at the table >with Jack Valenti? Do you believe that the korean makers of the Topfield or the emtech (supporting transfer of recordings via USB to/from a PC) DVB-receivers have been sitting at such a table? I don't. Greetings, Marcus -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
