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.

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Any public display,

[Limburgher]

recording, rent, sale or rebroadcast of this game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball is prohibited. . .

. . .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.

My Christmas wish

[GMontag]

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!

What about sneaker net?

[Rev Snow]

I know some school teachers who occasionally see a television program that is relevant to their class. They record the program on video tape, then carry the tape to school and play it for the class on the school's VCR.

Would this kind of use be permitted under the proposed DRM scheme?

Re:And no, its not a a piece of flamebait.

[Yarn]

a) digital doesn't necessarily mean hdtv
b) it is actually easier to timeshift digital TV, the BSkyB Sky+ package does this, just capturing the transport stream, no messy analogue stage.
c) You can build your own digital tv shifter, google for 'VDR'