Tivo drops DRM Macrovision bombshell
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/view.html?pg=3
Well, yet another blow for Fair Use
does THIS suck or what?
Quote:
a TiVo lately? Sometime in the next few months, your machine will quietly download a patch that makes it respond to a new copy protection scheme from software maker Macrovision. The app puts restrictions on how long your DVR can save certain kinds of shows - so far, just pay-per-view and video-on-demand programs. It's the first time your TiVo won't let you watch whatever you want, whenever you want. We asked TiVo general counsel Matthew Zinn why he thinks Hollywood will settle for an inch when it can take a mile
a TiVo lately? Sometime in the next few months, your machine will quietly download a patch that makes it respond to a new copy protection scheme from software maker Macrovision. The app puts restrictions on how long your DVR can save certain kinds of shows - so far, just pay-per-view and video-on-demand programs. It's the first time your TiVo won't let you watch whatever you want, whenever you want. We asked TiVo general counsel Matthew Zinn why he thinks Hollywood will settle for an inch when it can take a mile
Well, yet another blow for Fair Use
does THIS suck or what?
Comments
i hope this will not disrupt Bittorrent releases of all the TV shows I love... I cant get any othem here in Europe...
Originally posted by groverat
Gentlemen, start your Linux DVRs.
Gah. This sucks. I sometimes leave crap on my Tivo for weeks before I get to it. Maybe I'll build me a linux box.
Harumph.
Originally posted by ZO
gene.. i think he was being ironic
Thank god your ironymeter isn't busted.
I've grown rather fond of recording tons of stuff and burning to DVD at my leisure (the integration with Toast is great).
I was seriously planning on getting a TiVo soon.
No. Way.
Really?
fuck those fucking fuckers.
Not that I ever watch pay-per-view anyway (which is the only place that this protection applies, according to the article), so it would not really impact me come to think of it.
But it could easily be spread to normal broadcasts...
I find that to be fair, Tivo and others that wish to limit the functionality of their devices mid-use should rent their devices instead of selling them.