Give 'em hell, Wendy. All of us here are behind you.
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:29:27 -0800, Tim Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
