No more TV torrents, for the US anyway

[Cruzz563]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119170,00.asp

This is crap!

It's an outrage!

From what I read, I understand that ALL products sold after 5/1/2005, will have to have this. If the device does not have this capability, be it a TV with a digital receiver, PC, laptop, etc, it won't be able to playback or record the media.

 

[andyhui01]

wtf... will TG rips be affected if it is ripped from the uk

 

[Cruzz563]

No, the FCC's reach stops at US borders, no?

I could've misunderstood the article, but I don't think so.

 

[Vette Boss]

This will go a long way to prevent people from putting TV shows online... for a few months until someone cracks the protection, they always do.

 

[Ultra_Kool_Dude]

Canada gets all the same television as the US - so no problem, if a Canadian rips the shows then right?

 

[ESPNSTI]

I'm sure someone will find a way around it.

 

[Derek]

Yeah like just ripping it in the UK/Anywhere in Europe...

 

[Renesis]

Stupid american laws!

americans "fight for freedom all over the world" yet they're losing more and more of it every day in their own country

 

[ruuman]

I can't see how this would be a problem, even if you need a special reciever to convert the signal, if you run it from that point into an analoge card it won't care, just encode from that point instead without any bullshit protection. Sounds like hype to me.

 

[SiR_dude]

Canada gets all the same television as the US - so no problem, if a Canadian rips the shows then right?

Right, so get to it. You've been hired :lol:

 

[Avyer]

Everyday Europe looks like the place I will move to after college... I wonder if Americans will still be so hated by then....

 

[Daniel]

I'm sure someone will find a way around it.

Yup, as long as you can code it, someone can de-code it.

 

[kenezzite]

It's no biggy in my opinion, I think someone must know a way around it, but we will see, too early to tell.

 

[Ultra_Kool_Dude]

Everyday Europe looks like the place I will move to after college... I wonder if Americans will still be so hated by then....

You can always pretend to be Canadian (a recent survey/study found that many Americans do this).

 

[Avyer]

Don't speak french... German on the other hand should be fluent by the end of the year.

 

[Renesis]

Not all Canadians speak french.

That would be a perfect world :lol:

 

[Overheat]

French is a beautiful language, my favourite sounding language. But then again I love the french accent when they speak English, does it for me everytime! lol

Quebec accent isn't all that great tho for some reason, perhaps it's because it has some American in there too, which is no good

 

[SiR_dude]

Yeah, not all Canadians speak French..I know enough to introduce myself, but that's about it....

 

[Avyer]

My favorite spoken language is Italian, and all of the French I know is "Salute."

 

[SiR_dude]

My favorite spoken language is Italian, and all of the French I know is "Salute."

Er, I believe that's "salut", to you :lol: