They don't care what you watch as long as they can turn your screen into a billboard for 10-20 minutes per hour. With digital cable, they can tell at the source what you're watching -- no need to fuss around with Nielson diaries or PeopleMeters.
What's kind of spooky is that your cable company will have your personal data plus very detailed info on your viewing habits. It's more like that silly Tom Cruise sci-fi film than 1984. We're not talking about eye implants yet (although that may be in the MPAAs new bill), but there are all kinds of special, targeted advertising schemes that are being drawn up (I would reckon by junior advertising executives over this very weekend). In any event, does anyone know the current status of the bill -- has it been voted on and/or sent to committee? What committee will it go to? They start a new session after the holiday, I believe, and that also may mean that anything that didn't get done this session will have to be reintroduced. It's still a long way from being a law, and I doubt it will get anywhere on it's own. On the other hand, it's got the words Transition and Security in it, and those are very well-funded words in DC. The danger is that the language of this bill gets pasted into an omnibus appropriations bill, or defense spending, or whatever. We definitely need to keep a close eye on this one. Anyway, Happy Holidays to everyone. All the best in the new year. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
