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Kiltak
You guys really should do your research and read the document carefully.
It's already "on demand", there's no need to DVR it.
And the way they sell (or pachage) VOD it is not your right to keep it forever.
Same reasons that copying a rented DVD is technically not allowed.
I thought they had worked out the "fair use" issues when VCRs first came out.
Then again, it's not like they are providing a service that is vital and I can't live without it. I think I'll start living without it right now. I don't buy anything with the Sony name on it because of the DRM rootkit they used, and their heavy-handed tactics through RIAA... maybe it just takes a lot of people voting with their feet to get the message across.
You may happen to love one particular thing on HBO VOD, and watch it over and over. What about when they stop running it? Too bad, wait for them to eventually sell it on DVD? The hell with that. Anything you used to do with your VCR you should still be able to do with your DVR.
First it will be VoD (see "Pay-Per-View)"
Then it will be "Premium Content" (Showtime, Cinemax, Starz! and... HBO"
Then it will be all channels.
For those who don't get it... Big Media DOES NOT WANT YOU TO RECORD ANYTHING!
No one should have any right whatsoever to dictate how I handle my paid for content and owned hardware. period.
RENTALS of "physical" mediums are different I never OWN the dvd I am renting I can understand restrictions on that. also restricting what I can do with that does not impact my DVR in anyway which is my property.
also once they are able to restrict all out hardware what do you think will be next ? no more buying content. they will switch eventually to a completely rental style scheme for delivering content. Give an inch give a mile so to speak eventually they will just take it all.
Yes you really should not need to copy a On Demand show NO they should not have ANY right to restrict whether I can do so with my DVR because the potential loss to the consumer is FAR FAR greater than the loss to HBO which is exactly ZERO.
The fact that there loss by you being able to record to your DVR is ZERO is all that should be needed to raise the red alert klazzon in you mind as to WHY do they really want this ability that they should never have any right too.
Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/
This is how the NCTA (National Cable & Telecomunications Association) defines it (at http://www.ncta.com/Docs/PageContent.cfm?pageID... ):
Subscription Video on Demand, or SVOD, is a Video on Demand service offered at a flat (subscription) price that provides viewers with unlimited access to select programs from the libraries of featured cable networks.
That to me sounds like everything offered by any of the "premium" cable networks such as HBO, Showtime, etc..
The only reason they're pushing this is because they want to be able to charge you another fee to watch it at a later date. They basically want a piece of the DVR service fee.
To those of you who say "It'll never happen": That's only the case if we make it known to the people that matter that we won't tolerate it. That means HBO (and the other premium networks), the FCC, and Congress. I've sent a letter to HBO corporate that their position on this issue guarantees that they will never again have me as a customer.
See, that's just wrong. Husband and I were scheduled to be out of town on the day a concert was to be broadcast. I wanted to see it and was willing to pay, but to take advantage, I couldn't be tethered to my TV.
There's a great example of WHY the ability to record to DVR is my priviledge, not theirs. I'm the consumer and I want to consume at my convenience.
Of course, if they're also trying to limit that same content via their scheduled broadcasts, well, that'd be an insane business move. Since HBO doesn't offer their entire broadcast lineup over VOD, an overreaching restriction (into the broadcast area) would cause loyal subscribers to leave in droves. I can't believe they'd go that far, ever.
Gee, that's funny. I watch VOD using my Replay to buffer all the time. Exactly how do they disallow it?
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID...
Its funny how these executive types seem to forget that they NEED us, we DONT NEED them! I spend far too much time watching television anyway, and will try going outside and getting a life that doesnt cost anything a month.