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Hollywood and NFL Fight TiVo

Posted by michael on from the because-they-hate-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC/Washington Post is reporting that the NFL and tinseltown have asked the FCC to stop TiVo from expanding its service to include the ability to transfer recordings to PC's and other remote devices. TiVo says the system is secure. I say its source code will end up on the box. You do the math."

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  1. Bring Back the XFL by Gumpmaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jesse Ventura would have never opposed the free sharing of information. Down with the NFL. http://www.officialxfl.com

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    Pod Six was jerks- Capt. Murphy
  2. If not for Tivo.... by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Millions of people wouldn't have known what Janet Jackson's left breast looked like.

    I only know because I was out of the room during the halftime show, missed it, had no idea what occured, then within hours had various friends of mine with PVR's sending me the files via email.

    And all I could think as I looked at them was "Eh - my wife's are better. And probably more real."

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    52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
    1. Re:If not for Tivo.... by fupeg · · Score: 4, Funny

      I call bullshit. Let's see your wife's breasts so we can all judge for ourselves.

    2. Re:If not for Tivo.... by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 2, Funny

      You'll have to wait a year until our new baby boy is done with them first....

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      52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
    3. Re:If not for Tivo.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Dude, not to scare you or anything, but once the baby gets through with them, they're going to look like giant raisens. All wrinkly, saggy, and worn out. It will really freak you out the first time she flings them over her shoulder to get them out of the way.

    4. Re:If not for Tivo.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Someone must have sent him a link to the pic on a mirror.

  3. Only 144 hours to transfer a football game .. by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Funny

    to another registered machine in a different time zone where the game is blacked out? It's like they're just opening the barn doors and letting the horses run free? Where's the concern for the poor copyright holders rights? This will bankrupt the NFL and Hollywood in short order (if we assume that a over 50 decades qualifies as short order).

  4. Boo-frickety-hoo... by Shadow2097 · · Score: 2, Funny
    From TFA: "The NFL, meanwhile, is concerned that a user could send a copy of a game to someone in another time zone, where the game is blacked out."

    Cry me a freaking river. I'm a huge NFL fan, but as I'm just out of school, I don't have the money to afford to buy tickets for the games. Yet, if the stadium isn't sold out, the home-team TV markets are forbidden from showing the game because if people really wanted to see it, they'd pony up and buy up all the available tickets. Thats the contractual agreement the NFL made with CBS and Fox. So what happens if other people don't want to buy tickets? I'm unable to watch my team play.

    The networks are broadcasting it elsewhere, just not in my area. So if the NFL has a problem with me doing what it takes to LEGALLY acquire game footage, they can go screw themselves. Last I heard, having someone give me a tape of anything broadcast on network television, so long as its not sold for profit, is entirely legal.

    This is me, playing My Heart Bleeds For You on the worlds smallest violin. It looks amazingly similar to my middle finger.

    -Shadow