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Posted by Dave D on 10/02/05 12:54
"Morton Davis" <antikerry@home.com> wrote in message
news:fkQ%e.383185$_o.275913@attbi_s71...
> YUP. TIVO users were recently treatred to a sample of things to come when
> the networks inadvertently flagged a bunch of programs that were not
> supposed to be flagged, thus not allowing TIVO users to record those
> programs.
>
> In 2008, the flagging is going to be in use on an industry wide basis.
> Want
> to record that ballgame while you're at work? Sorry, you can't. Want to
> record Letterman so you can watch it the next day? NOPE. No recording of
> just about ANYTHING n a TIVO or a DVD recorder.
>
> Oh, and those new TV-In video cards? THey won'y work either, or so I'm
> told.
>
> Of course, there'll be a goldmine for anyone who can build a device that
> will kill the flags.....
>
>
How can a program be flagged so a DVD recorder cannot record it? Many if not
most DVD recorders currently have only analogue tuners, and the facility to
record from a digibox via the scart, an analogue connection. Setting a flag
will have no effect on DVD recorders, it will only affect TIVO devices.
Program providers can, I believe, technically already use Macrovision
encryption to prevent recording, as I understand Sky have done or were
planning on their premium content, but that is entirely different to
flagging, which is simply setting a data bit in the digital stream to
disable recording on TIVOs.
If program providers were interested in stopping people timeshifting, I
think they'd have used Macrovision years ago to stop the use of VCRs.
What we might see is digital devices under the control of program providers,
like TIVOs for instance, adopting time-limited recordings, giving the
consumer say 14 days to watch a program before it is deleted. It's quite
possible to do this, and would be difficult to challenge under fair use
laws.
Dave
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