On 8/1/07, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (EXTREMELY) minority OSes? I mean, come on, hands up who here on the > > list uses Linux as their primary OS. > > And me. And as such I just accept that if I want to watch any channel's > output on-demand, there's a box in my living room that will capture it > for me with the minimum of configuration. > > It's an old-fangled piece of tech called a video recorder.
I hope you're destroying those recordings after 30 days! (or 7 days after first viewing, which ever comes sooner) Actually, bad news: It has come to my attention that Argos are proliferating (on sale, no less!) a "DVD Recorder" device for the infringing-inducing, low-low-price of just 79.99: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5334427/Trail/C%24cip%3D1500006565.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D1500006604.DVD%2Band%2Bvideo%3EC%24cip%3D1500006607.DVD%2Brecorders.htm Here's how it works (now pay attention, because this is tricky): * Infringer buys one DVD Recorder (79.99) and one 5-pack DVD-R discs (street price: 5.99) * Discs are placed in the pirating receptacle, shiny side down. With a felt-tip pen the perp may flaunt their infringement on the other side. * The "Record" (from the Latin "recordus", meaning "theft") button is pressed. That's it! That's all! It's just a short step from there to inserting the DVD into a standard computer (Windows, Mac or Linux -- it's completely cross platform) and uploading the whole lot to YouTube! Or giving it to a friend. Or storing it on a shelf, indefinitely. > But that's just me Oh Simon, if only that were true. The scourge of home recording has been with us for a generation now. The sooner the BBC can put this genie back in the bottle, the better. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
