Posted by Ben on 12/06/05 23:54

In article <11p9gfm6c0qgr85@corp.supernews.com>, Alpha <none@none.net>
wrote:

> "Ben" <z@z.z> wrote in message news:041220051409251409%z@z.z...
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is there such a thing as this:
>
>
> No. In the US the manufacturers agreed to follow an MPAA "request" (aka
> demand) that set top boxes and dvrs will not have bi-directional data ports
> in order to ward off piracy.

I thought it might be something like that. Crippled technology thanks
to content industry. Great.

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