TiVo Has to Fund Your Local Stadium

Strudelkugel writes "The Washington Post has a truly Kafka-esque article regarding TiVo, the broadcast flag, the NFL and limited file sharing. "TiVo, the company that makes the digital-video-recorder boxes that inspire such strange idolatry among their users, is in a weird spot. It's asking the Federal Communications Commission for permission to add a new feature -- the option for a TiVo user to send recorded digital TV programs via the Internet to nine other people." Just wait until your read the rest of the story..." This one is actually really worth a read to see just how bizarrely corrupt this all is. Enjoy.

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Re:Too Many Complications

[Twirlip of the Mists]

First of all, where I come from (Canada), there's no such thing as high school civics.

That explains a lot.

I want you to write whatever the heck you guys use for Congressmen up there and demand that kids be better prepared by their schools than you were.

Are you saying that the jump to freedom of information should not be made?

I'm saying that you're so far out of your area of expertise right now that you don't even have the basic vocabulary. Surely you know what happens when somebody moves past his area of expertise, yes? Surely you know what happens when someone who is educated and informed on one subject begins to speak on another subject?

That's right. He makes an ass out of himself.

Right now you are so far out of your depth that "ass" doesn't even begin to cover it.

Just take a step back, recognize the limits of your knowledge, and go crack a book before opening your big fat mouth again.