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Cable, TV Makers Agree on Digital Standard

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the just-say-no-to-set-top-boxes dept.

shylock0 writes "Reuters has this article about the digital cable standard agreed upon today. Amazingly enough, it places little or no copyright restrictions on content -- and it even includes specification for 1394/FireWire output to PVRs. I think this is a victory for fair use. Let's hope the FCC approves."

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  1. Sssshhhhhh! by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny
    Amazingly enough, it places little or no copyright restrictions on content
    Shhh! Don't remind them!
  2. Cats and dogs.. by craenor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Living together!

    Mass Hysteria!

    ...obligatory credit due to Ghostbusters for this quotationary moment.

  3. Is the FCC Expensive? by Mansing · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the MPAA can't afford to buy them ....

  4. couches... by CySurflex · · Score: 3, Funny
    "The two sides said they would sit down again in January to hash out standards for two-way services, which would add powerful interactive features that could, for example, allow consumers to order up movies for viewing without leaving their couches."

    ..and in an even bolder move, they're working on a gadget dubbed "Remote Control" which will allow changing channels without leaving the couch...

  5. I'm asleep by MrResistor · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's the only explanation for this article: I've fallen asleep at work and my manager is sneeking up behind me with an air horn or something...

    I'll wait a few days for the retractions and such before I get excited about this. If it's true, though, it is good news.

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  6. Buzz words... by nother_nix_hacker · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...if the standard doesn't invole XML I'm not interested!

  7. Digital standard. by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 2, Funny


    I thought digital was standardised a long, long time ago. 0 and 1. Easy.

    1. Re:Digital standard. by Sloppy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Easy for you, ever since The Bandsaw Incident. The rest of us use a digital standard that goes up to nine or ten (depending on whether you do C or Fortran).

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    2. Re:Digital standard. by (H)elix1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Easy for you, ever since The Bandsaw Incident. The rest of us use a digital standard that goes up to nine or ten (depending on whether you do C or Fortran).

      Mine goes all the way to 11

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  8. Re:Standards. by _fuzz_ · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just because it's a standard doesn't mean that anyone will actually use it.

    That's the great thing about standards... If you don't like the standards that are currently out there, you just invent your own. At least that's what the senior engineers at my company tell me.

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  9. IN NAZI GERMANY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    you were SHOT for watching tv!