CSM1
Sun Jun 08 07:58:42 PDT 2008
Scream, very loudly to your political congress person.
Make sure your government knows that the public wants to record TV shows for
their own use.
No single home user can be any harm to the producers of media. The people
that want to steal will find a way that the average home user can not use.
What is even worst, is the fact that if the advertisers want you to see
their ads, you must look at the programming. If you are not allowed to
record, then they can not be sure you will watch.
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"Bender" <imnotgivingmynametoa@machine.net> wrote in message
news:O2HDoGUyIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The equivalent DMCA is still being written and considered here in Canada.
> By the way, it is illegal in Canada to record a TV show. Though I have
> never heard of any attempts to prosecute anyone for this violation.
>
> "CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:33R1k.3654$N87.2454@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> And while you are complaining, write your congressman and complain about
>> the DMCA in general.
>>
>> The act is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
>>
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ304.105.pdf
>>
>> DRM is derived from the above law:
>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
>>
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>> CSM1
>>
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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>> "Barb Bowman" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:f6ef449e1cs1jo5gqrobsnfcj6f4e209qh@4ax.com...
>>> go to the networks website and send feedback. the "someone" needs to
>>> be the voice of the public.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:56:11 -0700, "Bender"
>>> <imnotgivingmynametoa@machine.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Could someone tell the broadcasters to be more careful when they run a
>>>>commercial such as the recent 'Get Smart Movie', that triggers a show
>>>>without the do not copy flag set to stop recording because the
>>>>commercial
>>>>apparently inadvertently has a do not copy flag.
>>>>Do they really not want me to record the commercial for the movie. I get
>>>>40
>>>>minutes into my recorded movie when the commercial comes on, and before
>>>>the
>>>>commercial even ends the TV show stops recording.
>>>>They are giving DRM a bad name and the programs, such as Windows Vista
>>>>Media
>>>>Center and the company Microsoft a bad rap because Microsoft is
>>>>faithfully
>>>>following the DRM guidelines.
>>>>
>>>>I know, I know, Media Center will blindly "honor the copy restrictions
>>>>set
>>>>by the broadcaster and/or content provider. There's nothing to be done
>>>>about
>>>>it."
>>>>
>>>>But I will be doing something about it. If these mistakes happen too
>>>>often,
>>>>I won't be bothering with getting a Media Center Extender and buying
>>>>furture
>>>>versions of Media Center, and I will look for alternates.
>>>>
>>>>I will add however that these mistakes have been infrequent and a more
>>>>recent TV recording with that DRM infected commercial did not have the
>>>>do
>>>>not copy flag embedded in it.
>>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Barb Bowman
>>> MS-MVP
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>>>
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
>>