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Digital TV Still Indecisive
/dev/trash writes "The logjam between Hollywood and Silicon Valley seems to be over. According to this article on cnn.com. It looks like they want to just add a flag that says "this is a broadcast, do not allow more than one copy"" If it
was only that simple- the article makes it sound like there isn't a lot of
progress being made.
political: we manage to get every country ticked at us.
social: we are self absorbed, unthinking, and cannot function socially without coffee and television
education: our system is a mess. there's not enough money to pay teachers. the ciriculum is dumbed down. half the students can't pass basic minimum requirement tests.
ah, but we have Patriotism(TM) and that makes us right!
. . .unless all chnages made to the source are submitted back to the authors and the original and modified sources are distributed with any complied binaries.
You are not the customer.
...is still crappy content. When will the networks learn?
My mom always said, "Jim, you're 1 in a million." Given the current population, there are 7000 of me. God help us all!
Is a flag for "Don't Allow Broadcast Company to be a Rights-Trampling Monopolist".
I suspect they aren't going to hold up the rollout to include this one though.
-- We live in a world where lemonade is artificial and soap has real lemon.
Oh, sorry, for a moment there I forgot I was in the UK, where we've had Digital TV on Satalite, Cable and Terrestrial for over three years. What copy protection?
Next you'll tell me that the US doesn't have a single agreed standard for their mobile telephone networks!
It looks like they want to just add a flag that says "this is a broadcast, do not allow more than one copy
Oh please let this be true! Pretty please?
Everybody keep quiet until these goofballs come up with something totally ineffective. They have not failed us yet!
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
My old analog TV can never make up its mind, but it does have a whole continuum to choose from. At least digital TVs only have to choose from a finite set.
(please do not mod down if you don't get this joke)
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