Tonight on Olbermann

[Contrary1]

"*Also tonight: Carl Quintanilla's report on a controversial
law that is making its way through the Senate. It would make
it impossible for consumers to fast-forward through ads and
promos on DVDs, and make it illegal to develop and use technology that does so."

Just how much more government intrusion into our private lives
are we willing to put up with? Looks like while determining what
we can't watch, they are also trying to dictate what we must watch. I'm sick of it.

We need to find out who is backing this one and fight back.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. I bet they're taking aim at TiVo too.

[LisaLynne]

3. They'd better not touch my Tivo, man!

There will be trouble then! :mad:

[NYCGirl]

11. Advertisers will pay to put a "logo" in the corner of the TiVo picture

that will show up when you FF through commercials, sort of like the thumbs-up TiVomatic symbol does now. It shouldn't be a big deal.

Edited to add: On the bright side, TiVo thinks it'll bring in enough revenue to be able to lower the monthly fee.

[BlueEyedSon]

12. Read this piece from the NY Post, which talks about TiVo/Replay/DVRs

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/34357.htm

Already DVR makers have caved in to the entertainment industry's dislike of giving home viewers the ability to skip commercials.

Last year, ReplayTv eliminated a button on its DVR that allowed users to eliminate commercials on their recordings altogether.

And yesterday, TiVo introduced a new function that would put a "billboard" featuring advertiser product information on a viewer's TV screen as they fast-forwarded through those advertiser's commercials.

[NYCGirl]

15. Replay got sued into bankruptcy because of their commercial-skip function.

NT

[BlueEyedSon]

18. My TiVo has one.

And ReplayTV is not extirely out of production....
http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/replaytv/default.asp

[NYCGirl]

22. Replay got bought out by another company, and the 30-second skip

on TiVo is a "backdoor" function (not officially sanctioned by TiVo)

[BlueEyedSon]

23. Shhhhh. The FCC might hear you....

[NYCGirl]

24. Well, they'll just have to go after the guy who invented the hack...

if they can find him.

:evilgrin:

[truthseeker1]

26. D&M Holdings bought Replay

Denon & Marantz - a Japanese company - They also got Rio (the MP3 player manufacturer) through the deal.

http://www.dm-holdings.com/eng/index.html

[tk2kewl]

4. i just heard yesterday

that tivo now shows popup ads when you fastforward through the tv ads

[truthseeker1]

14. I haven't seen this yet

That will really suck!!!
Half of the reason for getting Tivo was to avoid the ads.

[leftyandproud]

2. Question about this...

If I buy a current model TIVO, can I avoid this stupid law?

If so, I'll probably buy six units...enough to last the rest of my life.
I wish we had something similar for radio. Commercials suck.

[Lisabtrucking]

5. Dont give up!

I just wanted to say. The fraud of this election is being proved, by a wonderful thoughtful woman (Bev Harris) ‘Blackboxvoting.org”. We all need to thank this woman, for she is protecting our rights for a truthful election. I ask everyone to send her a thank you at her web site.

We need to keep up the fight to have our voices heard, send these media outlets an email demanding they report the news accurately. If we don’t keep up the fight they will have won.

We now see that the republicans in our government are immoral. By allowing an indicted person to keep their job in our government is beyond reasoning.

These people have stolen our election, and they need to be held accountable for the theft.
Send John Kerry a message let him know we have not given up the fight for our right to elect who we want for our president, so don’t give up on us. Send all democrats a message that we expect them to join John Kerry in the fight for our presidency, and we will be there to back them up. Let them know we have their backs, now help protect our backs. This needs to be done now.

[floridadem30]

9. Welcome to DU

[Oreo]

8. Nope

TIVO updates the software. They could do it to existing machines

[truthseeker1]

10. There is something for radio....PoGo

I haven't tried this yet but I've been thinking about it...
http://pogoproducts.com/radio_yourway.html

[LisaM]

6. Comcast OnDemand is doing this without extra equipment

I watched two shows commercial-free last week.

[Oreo]

7. Good to see

the senate working on things that are important. I seem to remember some report that came out about from some investigation done that Bush didn't want... 911 maybe.... did they forget?

[maxsolomon]

13. we'll put up with anything they try, apparantly

commercials before movies, product placement in movies, movie characters in ads before movies are released, 10 minutes of commercials in a 30 minute show.

there is no bottom. either turn it off or suck it up, consumer.

i, for one, welcome our new corporate overlords.

[rkc3]

19. Yes, we will take anything they shove down our throats.

We've been conditioned to think that, regardless of what we really want, no one person is strong enough to make a change - so why fight it?

I can't wait until we're all walking billboards with product tattoos pasted on our bodies.

[tandot]

16. So, the Government orders us to watch ads?

This country is not governed by the people. It is governed by big corporations and Bush's rich buddies.

Thanks, Bush voters, for giving a shit about America. You are the new breed of slaves and big corporations are your slave masters. :mad:

[LisaLynne]

21. Wasn't Mussolini's definition of fascism ...

the marriage of corporations and the government? Hmm ...

[Walt Starr]

17. Well, since corporations are supercitizens and have more rights

than REAL PEOPLE, why shouldn't this go through?

Next thing you know they'll make it illegal to filter SPAM.

[rkc3]

20. Mmmmmm. I love unfiltered Spam. It fries up more nicely than

regular Spam.

[VOX]

25. Thanks for the heads-up!

Kick. :kick: