On Thursday 22 December 2005 22:50, Jonathan Tidmore wrote: > On 12/22/05, Mark H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is in response to a thread on knoppmyth. Thought I'd share my > > thoughts about the new analog hole bill and the future of DVR's: > > > > As the old hardware dies off (VCR's, current DVR's) then it will be > > illegal to record anything. From what I heard from an interview with > > the guys at EFF, almost anything that is created is automatically > > assumed to be under copyright unless they specifically state that it is > > not. > > There will be no more fair use at all. It will be illegal to time > > shift (skip commercials) which is the main source of their complaint. > > If this happens I forsee everthything will be pay-per-record/on-demand. > > You pay your cable company for the right to receive the channel and view > > its content (shows), you will pay again to be able to record it/re-watch > > it and it will still have all commercial content. No time shifting other > > than pause. On top of that the content will auto-expire after a certain > > # of days unless you pay again. This is where we are headed everyone. > > Realistically though, how many people out there would put up with this? I > watch TV now because its easy and cheap. You make it complicated with > multi-tiered pricing and a multitude of restrictions, TV loses much of its > value. I will look for entertainment elsewhere. When consumers stop > viewing their awful and overpriced content, that'll be the day they'll > start to switch back to the current model which has made them trillions and > trillions of dollars over the years. There's only so far corporate greed > will go before consumers get turned off and look elsewhere for > entertainment. > > I'm sorry, but Desperate Housewives isn't worth the hassle.
except that they'll have the government regulate your viewing habits forcing you to have to watch at least 10 hours of tv a week to be considered a citizen... -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
