P2P Television?

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 13, 2002 @09:28AM from the boob-tube-idiot-box-plug-in-drug dept.

An Anonymous reader submits a link to this "very interesting article on TVP2P," writing: "While the author doesn't really mention "P2P," think of the permutations of having TV's becoming Napster-like file servers. The tech can't be too hard to work out, since CATV systems are now piping Net access into millions of homes (anyone doing this hack yet?). If you thought the RIAA raised hell, wait until the MPAA and the relevant TV lobby groups figure this out. Of course, if history teaches us anything, they won't figure it out until way after the genie is out of the bottle ..."

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Well... by Ooblek · 2002-06-13 09:35 · Score: 5, Funny

This wouldn't be that impressive. What would impress me is if they could figure out how to make Barney the killer purple dinosaur pop on the screen and scream, "Don't touch!" every time my daughter toddles up to the TV to push the buttons.
Wow, there is never anything to watch on TV, so now there won't ever be anything to download either.