Re: Here comes the cell phone ad disaster!

In alt.cellular.verizon Larry <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> EskWIRED@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In alt.cellular.verizon Larry <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> >> I believe in response to heavy pressure from the advertisers, cable 
> >> company tivo equipment is already hobbled to prevent ad bypassing.  
> >> Users must get their own unhobbled units....just like SELLPHONES!
> > 
> > Wrong.
> > 
> > 

> I guess you are right and all these guys are crazy:

I didn't look at the cites.  Instead, I glanced over my shoulder at 
my brand-new, fresh from the cable company DVR.  It allows skipping 
forward and back, and you can set the time interval from ten seconds to a 
few minutes for each.  I set the Forward for 30 seconds, and the back for 
10.  The feature is designed specifically to zap commercials.


> http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2005/09/copy_protection.html

OK, I looked.  The article doesnot deal with zapping commercials. I won't 
bother with the others, as you seem to be confusing different things.




> http://w2.eff.org/IP/pnp/cablewp.php
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/view.html?pg=3
> http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=388960
> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/the-broadcast-flag-rears-its-
> ugly-head/
> http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/11/tivos-selfdestruct-b.html
> https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr009
> =g9zf2ia3y4.app6a&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=261
> http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-
> people/200411/msg00188.html
> ....etc, etc, etc.......


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