[mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes Issac

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 12:24 -0500, Maverick wrote:
> 
> OK, so the software decoding driver on the pcHDTV would have to be
> patched?

cracked you mean?  to strip the flag?  i guess that would fall under the
category of the legislation that says that a manufacturer of a device
needs to make it "not easy" to break.  i wonder who decides what is easy
and what is difficult and who was negligent in this aspect of the law.

>  Big deal. It really just sucks for closed source/hardware
> things and just makes it a pain for the open sourcers. I really hope
> there's no future for the broadcast flag, it's just the dumbest idea
> ever.

uhm.  yeah.

b.

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