Hi Wendy, I am an EFF member and I am also in the process of starting a company to sell media servers using MythTV. I am a perfect example of how the broadcast flag negatively impacts a startup company. The broadcast flag casts a cloud of uncertainty over a business building MythTV boxes. If the broadcast flag ruling stands, the only alternative to building a "legal" PVR that records HD content in digital form is to use firewire on a STB and license DTCP for $14,000 or license the technology behind CableCard which costs $25-$50K. Today I can build MythTV boxes with off the shelf components and open source software but all of that ends on July 1.
I would be happy to help out with the lawsuit. You can reach me at: Tim Sylvester (408) 334-1700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Seltzer Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 3:16 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: [mythtv-users] Calling HD MythTV users who are EFF members -- help in the broadcast flag challenge Hi Folks, As you may have seen, the D.C. Circuit asked us to clarify our standing to challenge the FCC's broadcast flag rule (the rule mandating DRM in HDTV tuners made after July 1, our suit is ALA v. FCC, <http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/ALA_v_FCC/?f=ala_v_fcc_summary.html>). The Court wants to see concrete instances of injury. That's good news, because if they get over the standing hurdle, they seemed sympathetic to our arguments on the merits, that the FCC didn't have jurisdiction to make the rule. We've got plenty of good evidence, but more can only help. An organization such as EFF has standing to sue over injuries to its members, so if any of you are EFF members and have built or plan to build HDTV systems in the U.S. and would be affected by the broadcast flag rule, please contact me offlist, [EMAIL PROTECTED], if you might be willing to help us tell the court about your situation. More on the broadcast flag <http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/> Thanks! --Wendy -- -- Wendy Seltzer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Frontier Foundation Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School http://wendy.seltzer.org/mythtv/
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