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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.
From the article:
"Until that can be answered, his lobby contends that the safest course is to block Internet sharing -- after all, he noted, you can just pop a DVD in the mail."
Don't they also dislike the idea of people using DVD-Rs to distribute their material?
> If I don't have a stadium near me?
Write your congressman, and maybe the taxpayers will buy you one.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Peter: Ooooh, tape this for me
Brian: Oooooooooh sorry, the VCR hasn't worked since you tried to tape Monday Night Football
(flashback, Peter puts tape in VCR and presses record, then security guards bust in)
Security Guard: Do you have the expressed written cocent of ABC and the National Football League?
Peter: (holding up contract) Just ABC
(Peter jumps out of the way just as they begin shooting at the VCR)
This one is actually really worth a read to see just how bizarrely corrupt this all is. Enjoy.
Heh. Yeah, nice try.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
1992 US Presidential Election: Yes, I smoked pot, but I didn't inhale.
2024 US Presidential Election: Yes, I downloaded on Napster, but I didn't share.
Paying people without getting poorer would be a real trick.
I think you're on to something there. What we need is GPL'd money. You'd be able to make as many copies as you want, and fix the design to your satisfaction (I never liked the new asymmetrical style; also, they mis-spelled Adam Weishaupt's name on the $1 bill - I've been waiting forever for them to fix that) as long as you include the licensing terms on each piece. This requirement might be kind of tough for coins, but I think today's microengraving technology is up to the task.
Paying people without getting poorer would be a real trick.
A pretty well-known trick then - e.g. every company is paying its employees to do something. You tell me, the companies that make a profit - are they getting poorer or richer?
Or me paying a stock broker to manage a portfolio - and (s)he does what I expect.. I'm getting richer, right?
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