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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."

3 of 154 comments (clear)

  1. OT Re:cat got my toungue. by pyros · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    To what are you referring with the Cher/censor comment?

  2. Did anyone read the article? by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But another major question -- the extent to which consumers should be able to record shows for their personal use -- remains unresolved.

  3. Re:Cats and dogs.. by ender81b · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The long quote version (from imdb):

    Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is about to face a disaster of biblical proportions.
    Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical?"
    Dr. Raymond Stantz: We mean real wrath-of-God type stuff. Plagues, darkness--
    Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
    Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes--
    Dr. Peter Venkman: Riots in the streets, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!