The EFF has an interesting, if somewhat milquetoast call out to programmers and other geeks to help develop the MythTV project, specifically to make it easier to use by the average consumer. Their fear is that the FCC’s broadcast flag (a DRM system that will lock down your ability, unless permitted by broadcasters, to exercise your fair use rights, like copying or timeshifting, on HDTV streams) will pass into law as scheduled about a year from now. There is a loophole, currently, that allows unrestricted HDTV devices to be sold and resold, even after the broadcast flag goes into effect.
The idea is, I think, to try to get as many unrestricted HDTV tuners and PVRs into the hands of people as possible, not only to free themselves from future restriction, but to raise awareness that the government, in the pocket of Hollywood, has already made plans to put the squeeze on your rights.
Read [EFF]
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INDUCE Act: Ipecac for Fair Use [Gizmodo]
https://gizmodo.com/induce-act-ipecac-for-fair-use-16894
