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New Yorkers Get a Taste of Digital Restrictions

Posted by michael on from the imagine-a-chip-stomping-on-a-human-face-forever dept.

InfoMinister writes "From SiliconValley.com, another peek into the future of Digital Rights Manglement. A software conflict at the set-top invoked copy restrictions on all unscrambled digital TV programming delivered to Cablevision's 3 million subscribers in metropolitan New York."

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  1. Jennifer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are the best!
    Raise the roof for waves class!

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. Surely the dickhead politicians won't do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    anything, and could you please go down on me? I need some attention!!! CmdrTaco is one cute momma!

  4. Re:Harder to steal content by The+Fanta+Menace · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is nothing illegal about time shifting.

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  5. Re:Testing 1,2,3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone likes pudding.

  6. Re:Famous Negro Inventions #17: the Flying Toilet by hplasm · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Bag of shit. (!)

    heads up.

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  7. Re:Testing 1,2,3 by kingOFgEEEks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know.. parfait.

    everybody LOVE parfait!

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  8. Re:High quality content by L1nUx+h4x0r · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring was rather good, in my opinion.
    As was Shrek...

    Yes, there are a lot of lame movies. "Swim Fan", for example. There are some good ones though.

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  9. Go Michael... Go Michael... Go Michael.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Finally figured out how to post a story without adding your own opinion. Props to you my friend.

  10. Re:Rights Lost... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've been stoned on catnip. >^..^

  11. Re:Testing 1,2,3 by handorf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't like butterscotch, but I do like vanilla. You don't see friggin holy wars over pudding, though, do you?

    YOU SWINE! HAVE AT YOU!

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