TiVo OS Update Adds Content Protection

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 14, 2005 @03:30AM from the does-this-mean-they-have-jumped-the-shark dept.

generic-man writes "According to PVRBlog, TiVo's new operating system update enables content protection flags on a per-show basis. On some programs, notably syndicated shows, a red flag appears to indicate that the copyright holder has requested that TiVo devices not save a program past a certain date and that the program may not be copied to a PC using TiVo to Go. TiVo users were told to expect this style of flag only on pay-per-view and video on demand programming, and as such are upset that TiVo has restricted the capabilities of the receivers they bought and subscribed to use. The TiVo Community boards have some screen shots and firsthand accounts."

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And in other other news by Fastball · 2005-09-14 03:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Viewership of cable and over-the-air television dropped dramatically when people realized there wasn't anything worth recording on to begin with.
Re:That's fine for us ... by Dachannien · 2005-09-14 03:50 · Score: 3, Funny

I'll take journaling filesystems for $200, Alex.
Re:That's fine for us ... by pyrrhonist · 2005-09-14 06:44 · Score: 3, Funny

It costs the same as two pints of Guiness.
Hey, that's a good reason not to get TiVo... ;)

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