[mythtv-users] Mythtv SDV issues

[Robert Dege]

Thank you for the information.  It's very insightful.  At least FIOS
doesn't implement SDV and DRM in my area (for now at least).

So besides WMC and Tivo, what other DVR software/products will work with
the Time Warner SDV / DRM setup?

-Rob


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 4/20/2013 3:02 PM, Kris Jensen wrote:
>
>> That pop up all kinds of questions for me. So I Googled  "Tivo is
>> licensed with CableLabs" for kicks and the first hit is a good read on
>> DRM and such.
>> http://w2.eff.org/IP/pnp/**cablewp.php<http://w2.eff.org/IP/pnp/cablewp.php>
>>
>> Thought I may help with others understanding DRM. As it did mine.
>>
>
> The basic gist is that in order to protect the content from you, the user,
> both the keys to the content, and the software that handles the keys and
> the unencrypted content, must be outside the control of the user.  The
> software must be distributed as a signed binary, and it must only be
> willing to communicate with other signed or otherwise authenticated
> software, lest you as a user rip out the protection mechanisms and
> recompile.
>
> While nothing prevents an implementation of DRM algorithm to be
> distributed as open source, any functional software must be closed.
>
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