| The beginning of the end proposed In the beginning, they just outlawed recording Video on Demand. I didn't complain, because I though it was their video, and they could do what they wanted. I could always order it again.
Next they outlawed recording premium content. I never minded that, because it was their content, and they could do what they wanted. I could always buy the DVD when it was released.
Then they outlawed recording over the air content. I never protested, because it was broadcast in high def, and I wanted to support the rollout of new technologies.
Then they banned reading. My kids didn't complain because they never knew any better. The past was whatever the TV said it was. There was no record of 'roe vs. wade', because all records of the media in the past had been wiped clean. The echos of Trotsky rumble through the media, and we are all content.
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Sure the internet has lots of porn and piracy, but I'm sure there's a downside to it. |
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| Bit overly dramatic, don't you think? The original quote was quite different and way more troubling. banning books... as if people read anyway...
Reading up on the linked page, this is specifically related to video on demand, and not regular programming. Why would one want to record video on demand anyway?
Over the air or regular programming, now that is different. I have no problem with recording for personal (household anyone) use, but recording and then flooding the internet with it, that is something even I have to say is where I draw the line. One can argue about the effectiveness of what HBO intends to do or what it will later on lead to, but once again, what is the point in recording VOD content? |
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| True, it is on demand and there when you want it so why should anyone need to record it to "view later"? |
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 jimi419Dadof4
join:2002-03-14
Round Lake, IL | not to play the devils advocate but the VOD chocies r always changing not like a month from now u can watch a movie that was there today at least on comcast |
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 TrainBuffThe New Haven RailroadPremium
join:2003-05-01
Buffalo, NY
kudos:4 | reply to Skippy25
If I'm not mistaken. On Adelphia, you can't record any VOD on your DVR. Or at least on Adelphia's DVR's |
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| reply to G_Poobah
U said it right '1st they took the Jews but I'm not Jewish............' |
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