Tuesday, November 2, 2004
TiVo and ReplayTV Cave-in to Hollywood Pressure
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 03:00 PM
"In a sign of things to come, TiVo and ReplayTV in future product releases (as early as Spring 2005) will support the movie, cable, and broadcast industries' proposal to recognize copy protection technology placed on content which will limit the way and frequency users can view stored recordings. Obviously, the move is to satisfy the industries worries and help the development of on-demand broadband content. Unfortunately, consumers are the last ones who will get any satisfaction out of the deal. Furthermore, the industries are imposing that similar measures be taken for any type of device that can record television shows, including personal computers – especially Media Center PCs."
However, it looks like none of the groups involved have settled on a suitable limit control scheme for copy protected work. One group has recommended a limit of 90 minutes of copy time while another says that the copy limit be removed and instead there will be a 24 hour viewing limit, and yet another says they should allow unlimited viewing within a seven-day period. I guess time will tell as to which scheme gets picked.
However, it looks like none of the groups involved have settled on a suitable limit control scheme for copy protected work. One group has recommended a limit of 90 minutes of copy time while another says that the copy limit be removed and instead there will be a 24 hour viewing limit, and yet another says they should allow unlimited viewing within a seven-day period. I guess time will tell as to which scheme gets picked.
