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Will Your Super Bowl Party Anger the Copyright Gods?
garg0yle writes "According to some folks, watching the Super Bowl on a television bigger than 55 inches is illegal. Is this true? Yes and no — long story short, if you're in a private residence you're probably okay, but if you're running a sports bar you may technically have to negotiate a license with the NFL. Just don't charge for food, or call it a 'Super Bowl' party, since the term itself is copyright."
Frankly, I wouldn't watch even if the broadcast the game under Creative Commons. I have no interest in American Football at all. Frankly, I'd be surprised if more than 40-50% of Slashdotters were planning on watching. Of course, I don't think most people actually watch it -- they just have it in the background as an excuse to drink beer and eat nachos... (as if people really need an excuse for that).
Word to the wise: stop drinking the kool-aid. Obama calling someone a liar is like Castro yelling at Mao for human rights violations.
HDMI cables are just wires. Well, they're groups of wires in one jacket or bundle, that's the definition of a cable. There's no active circuitry in an HDMI cable. I call bullshit.
Note that I do not consider a converter cable to be a cable; it's a converter with integrated cable. And this is the only logical way to view it. If you have such a beast, and it spits out DVI without HDCP, then your TV won't need HDCP either. HDCP doesn't require any additional connections over HDMI without HDCP.
Or in simpler terms, citation please?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"