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On 8/21/2011 14:49, Billy Macdonald wrote:
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">But
then I got to thinking, FIOS has their multiroom DVR package.
How is it that they can have any shows that aren't
"copy-freely" transmitted to other TVs, but MythTV, Tivo, and
even Windows Media Center cannot do the same? It just feels
like the purpose of CableCards was to level the playing field,
but by the cable company's own stb boxes ignoring some of the
copy protection settings aren't they in vio</font><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">lation of
their own terms in a sense?</font></div>
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<br>
Windows Media Center can stream copy protected content to extenders
just fine. TiVo has no mechanism to maintain copy protection
between independent units, so they are not authorized to stream in
such a manner. MythTV simply can't implement any form of copy
protection.<br>
<br>
CableCard was supposed to level the playing field, but the FCC made
the mistake of leaving it under the control of the cable industry.
As such, the field was set so unattainably high that only a few
companies have the resources to play.<br>
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