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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. 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."

    --
    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. 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).