>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:07:46 -0500, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 07:27:20PM +0000, Allan Stirling wrote: >> >I'm trying to imagine a world where a DVR without timeshifting is >> >anything other than a dumb cable box. Nope. It's not happening. Clues? >;) >> >> I'm sure you will still be able to timeshift infomercials. >>
>Yes, in general I don't think that networks want to prevent >time-shifting. If time-shifting allows them to get higher ratings, >then they are pro-time-shifting. What they want to be able to do is >prevent commercial skipping and prevent output to a permanent digital >archive (i.e. burning to a DVD or something). Also they want to be >able to expire your PVR'd copy of the show automatically. That's exactly what I thought when watching Modern Marvels: Plumbing the other day. It had a notice that it was to be freely recorded and showing in schools, but all copies had to be destroyed as of a certain date.... Pthpth... not that I keep Modern Marvels around anyway... -Thor Johnson
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