Wow I like that, we need to turn that slogan into a flash banner and display it on every website we can.. and taxicab and bus... ect.(just kidding about the cabs and busses)
Me too, I find I'm stuck with him, I sent an email protesting this only to get the reply back saying your email has been sent to the honarable John Conyers...
On the other hand its nice to know that my vote against him actually has some meaning...
Surprised me too, I just registered on the Conyers blog, probably should of earlier since I'm in his congrssional district here in Michigan. I find a lot of follow Michigan voters hang out there, The ones like me who actually have a say in wether this turkey gets reelected.
I think we should take the battle to the front... and start a discussion there.
This is so much bs, I very carefully read this bill, there is very little dealing with piracy in this proposal, we are talking about the so called analog hole. that is taking a digital signal and converting it to analog and back to digital to avoid copy protection mechanisms. Any true pirate, the ones tied to organized crime and drugs and what other scare words people like your backers always bellow out won't bother with, they have the resources to bypass any firewire or hdmi protection and pull the signal directly from those ports, in fact there are actually some very simple ways to do that,
No, the major target of this asualt is the dvr, the motion picture industry has been slowly chipping away at free use ever since sony betamax. The provisions in this bill will severely limit what you can do with your dvr to the point that tivo etc. are only useful for very limited time-shifting, you see the content providers have found some limited potential for revenue there, so they don't want to eliminate dvr's entirely, but they feel threatened by people recording series and keeping the recordings around for a while.
Normally when a new technology comes along industry needs to adapt to the new technology, but that is expensive, its far easier to contribute heavily to the political and personal gain of a congress person of your choice. www.ehomeupgrade.com recently (still on the site) published the financial disclosures of both rep Conyers and his cosponser, of course several key players in the entertainmnent industry are named.
This bill if passed would greatly hurt the ability of this country to innovate and compete with other contries whose product engineering is not dictated by the content providers whose content may represent and small percentage of the overall total content on a digital device. Think about what that means.
A little about myself, I have written my dismay to rep Conyers, since I am unfortunately a voter in his congressional district, I would love to futher debate this issue (webmaster@distribtuted-home.com), I also look forward to his defeat in the next congressional election, and will do my best to convince everyone I come into contact with here in Michigan how bad John Conyers is for Michigan.
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Wow I like that, we need to turn that slogan into a flash banner and display it on every website we can.. and taxicab and bus... ect.(just kidding about the cabs and busses)
Me too, I find I'm stuck with him, I sent an email protesting this only to get the reply back saying your email has been sent to the honarable John Conyers... On the other hand its nice to know that my vote against him actually has some meaning...
Surprised me too, I just registered on the Conyers blog, probably should of earlier since I'm in his congrssional district here in Michigan. I find a lot of follow Michigan voters hang out there, The ones like me who actually have a say in wether this turkey gets reelected. I think we should take the battle to the front... and start a discussion there.
This is so much bs, I very carefully read this bill, there is very little dealing with piracy in this proposal, we are talking about the so called analog hole. that is taking a digital signal and converting it to analog and back to digital to avoid copy protection mechanisms. Any true pirate, the ones tied to organized crime and drugs and what other scare words people like your backers always bellow out won't bother with, they have the resources to bypass any firewire or hdmi protection and pull the signal directly from those ports, in fact there are actually some very simple ways to do that, No, the major target of this asualt is the dvr, the motion picture industry has been slowly chipping away at free use ever since sony betamax. The provisions in this bill will severely limit what you can do with your dvr to the point that tivo etc. are only useful for very limited time-shifting, you see the content providers have found some limited potential for revenue there, so they don't want to eliminate dvr's entirely, but they feel threatened by people recording series and keeping the recordings around for a while. Normally when a new technology comes along industry needs to adapt to the new technology, but that is expensive, its far easier to contribute heavily to the political and personal gain of a congress person of your choice. www.ehomeupgrade.com recently (still on the site) published the financial disclosures of both rep Conyers and his cosponser, of course several key players in the entertainmnent industry are named. This bill if passed would greatly hurt the ability of this country to innovate and compete with other contries whose product engineering is not dictated by the content providers whose content may represent and small percentage of the overall total content on a digital device. Think about what that means. A little about myself, I have written my dismay to rep Conyers, since I am unfortunately a voter in his congressional district, I would love to futher debate this issue (webmaster@distribtuted-home.com), I also look forward to his defeat in the next congressional election, and will do my best to convince everyone I come into contact with here in Michigan how bad John Conyers is for Michigan.