Jason Werpy wrote:
You know, whenever this topic comes up, I always wonder if someone
could take the time to create a Myth plugin that automatically sends
an e-mail to the network in question informing them that because of 5C
DRM you just aren't watching their program. It would be great to see
the networks get enourmous amounts of negative feedback about their
DRM efforts.
The problem is that the DRM is coming from the provider (i.e. the cable
company), and the provider really doesn't care if you watch the
shows--just that your monthly check clears. If you want to vote against
DRM, go OTA.*
I have not gone HD yet, but I absolutely dread when I do. I know from
all the postings on this list with problems, that it will be sheer
hell to make work, if it can be done at all.
Not if you use OTA.* And, with OTA, there's no TV tax. :)
As for me I know that when I finally get digital cable I will refuse
to watch any show with 5C enabled (even live).
Maybe networks will figure out that making their shows virtually
unwatchable for a certail segment of their market is a really bad
idea. I hope they will, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm also not
eagerly running headlong into that wall, yet, but someday, I'll have to.
I think you just have to face the fact that you're in the segment of the
market that the networks just don't want. You "steal" their content
without paying (i.e. watching the commercials), and you make/keep copies
of it to watch on your schedule instead of theirs. Isn't it great to be
unloved?
Mike
* At least until Congress creates the broadcast flag/delegates authority
to create the broadcast flag to the FCC.
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