Posts Tagged with television
O’Reilly: Building My MythTV Box, Part 1: Hardware
The Supreme Court Overturns the Broadcast Flag
In a move that has brightened my day, and reaffirmed the strength of our system of checks and balances, the Supreme Court has ruled that the “Commission acted outside the scope of its delegated authority when it adopted the disputed…
Hatch’s Hit List: 14 - 19
While I don’t have time to comment on these at the moment, I hope that I wil lbe able to offer up my thoughts on future list items, now that I am caught up. I may also swing back and…
Hatch’s Hit List: 9 - 13
Again, I do not have the time to provide commentary on Ernest Miller’s latest additions to Hatch’s Hit List, but I want to ensure you are aware of them:
- Hatch’s Hit List #9 - Darknets
For a number of reasons, some people don’t…
Catching up to INDUCE
As I have been slammed with work and personal events, I haven’t kept my site up to date with news of the INDUCE Act. So, here is a quick post of links, likely to be followed by others, to try…
Group Warns DVRs Endangered
Wired has a good story covering the fight against the FCC’s broadcast flag mandate [PDF] which would limit future video technology and put the rights of the television watcher (us) thoroughly in the control of the media industry: Group Warns DVRs…
Hatch’s Hit List: 5 - 8
Well, sadly I don’t have the time to comment on Ernest Miller’s latest batch of Hit List items at the moment, but I want to ensure everyone is at least aware of the articles. I will try to add commentary when/if…
The Excessively Annotated RIAA Letter on the INDUCE Act
Ernest Miller has posted The Excessively Annotated RIAA Letter on the INDUCE Act (IICA), a followup to his previous work: The Obsessively Annotated Introduction to the INDUCE Act. Both are well worth reading.
DTV Liberation Front
The EFF is calling for others to join the DTV Liberation Front. What is the DTV Liberation Front you ask? It is a group trying to make it easier for non-geeks to set up digital video recorders (Tivo-like devices) that…