On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 10:17, Phillip Hellewell wrote: > I had absolutely no idea they were already implementing this. I > bought a new VCR and brought it home, only to discover that I can no > longer watch DVDs! The source of the problem: copy protection. I > called the VCR company and they kindly informed me that FCC regulation > ???? now requires recording media to purposely cause the image to go > haywire to prevent you from copying copyrighted material. The solution: > "Plug the DVD player directly into your TV" they say. > Ok, so I should have seen this coming, but I didn't. I feel like I > am being forced to buy the Windows palladium or something (which I vow > to NEVER be a part of). Here are my issues: (does UUG agree?)
Actually macrovision has been on vhs tapes and some tv/cable signals for years. Only now it's illegal to even talk about stripping out the macrovision signal. > > 1. Now I can't watch DVDs because it so happens that I don't have > component connectors on my TV, only cable. The VCR did the converting > for me. > 2. What about a valid backup copy? Aren't I allowed to have a legal > backup copy of any digital media? What rights? Umm. No we must do exactly as the MPAA dictates. They know best, after all. Good thing my video capture card can ignore macrovision. > > Anyway, this really sucks... > > Phillip -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
