Open Source Solutions for Small Business Problems
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Skipping commercials is theft
Submitted by John Locke on Sun, 06/04/2006 - 06:17
... according to Jamie Kellner, former CEO of Turner Broadcasting, in an argument that ultimately caused the demise of the ReplayTV 4000. In case you don't remember, the ReplayTV unit was essentially a Tivo that, among other things, automatically skipped commercials.
The IEEE Spectrum this month has a good article outlining the problems with Digital Rights Management and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). From the article:
"Copyright is being turned from a limited-term incentive designed to encourage creative artists to a broadly scoped transfer of wealth from the public to the private realm."
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