New Yorkers Get a Taste of Digital Restrictions

InfoMinister writes "From SiliconValley.com, another peek into the future of Digital Rights Manglement. A software conflict at the set-top invoked copy restrictions on all unscrambled digital TV programming delivered to Cablevision's 3 million subscribers in metropolitan New York."

An explanation finally.

[Anonymous Coward]

"He says rules are designed to reflect home use -- while addressing piracy fears that prevent Hollywood from releasing more high-quality content."

You see! I knew there was a reason Hollywood wasn't releasing high-quality content.

High quality content

[Jerky McNaughty]

From the article:

He says rules are designed to reflect home use -- while addressing piracy fears that prevent Hollywood from releasing more high-quality content.

High quality content... Not a whole lot of that seems to come out of Hollywood any more. Depending on how you interpret that quote, it could mean that Hollywood has generated all kinds of great, high quality stuff, but they just aren't releasing it because they're afraid of piracy. If that's true, then why generate the content in the first place? :-)

My favourite quote from the article

[Anonymous Coward]

He says rules are designed to reflect home use -- while addressing piracy fears that prevent Hollywood from releasing more high-quality content.

More high-quality content? You mean they actually produced anything worth watching in the last decade?

Re:Not DRM... its a bug..

[Anonymous Coward]

"Yes, I record pay-per-views. and watch them twice! Oh the horror! I am causing the downfall of Cable TV!"

You, sir, are a thief, a criminal, and an ingrate. Every time you watch that pirated copy of pay-per-view programming, you steal food off of the plates of those who worked hard to produce it. These people rely on re-broadcasts to recoup their cots, you inconsiderite twit! How do you sleep at night knowing that you are sending hard working and now destitute people into the street because YOU want to watch your Tyson fight over and over again?

You, sir, sicken me.

Re:Not DRM... its a bug..

[Anonymous Coward]

Excellent! and thank you. I aspire to be one of the biggest violators of the EULA and DRM on the planet. In fact I think I'll go and record the news and watch it 3 times tonight just to make the newscasters poor! Oh Oh! and I'll skip the commercials too!

Re:Testing 1,2,3

[MeNeXT]

If your butterscotch got mixed into my vanilla you would...

They shall never take our remaining freedom away!

[Smallest]

As Detective Yeti [defectiveyeti.com] says:

" They Shall Never Take Our Remaining Freedom Away! Terrorists shall never deprive Americans of their essential liberties.

The Bush Administration's strategy for ensuring this, apparently, is to leave us with none left to lose. "

-c

Re:DRM =! Digital Rights Management

[jhughes]

I think your term is spot on, although if you look at it, it's Managing our Rights (managing them right out the window...)

Re:Not DRM... its a bug..

[JimFromJersey]

These people rely on re-broadcasts to recoup their cots

well then, they should consider not giving their cots away or maybe buying a real bed.

The Speed of Innovation

[HomerG]

It took them over 30 years to provide digital cable and enhance the consumers viewing pleasure and only a year or two to screw the consumer by blocking recording on digital devices. I believe I now know how this "innovation" stuff works.